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Worst Rutger Hauer movie EVER

posted 20 years ago by KnatLouie
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This movie is so bad, it made "Turbulence 3" look like "Air Force One".....Rutger is almost sleepwalking through this movie, damn.

I was SO bored watching this piece of junk, I can't even describe it...and to think that Pyun wasn't sued by someone for ripping them off is a mystery..

Yojimbo? Dollars? Last man Standing?
But trying to make a twist into the future with cyborgs battling it out was a good idea though...ON PAPER!

I liked Jahi J.J.Zuri's role though...of course he's the first one to bite the dust, 'cuz he's the only black guy in this movie..all the others are similar-looking females and Norbert Weisser (who I normally like) as an extremely annoying and un-funny comic-relief decapitated cyborg-head..

I can't believe that Albert Pyun actually has made more than TEN movies that rate lower than this on imdb!
-This is my John Hancock?

[–] englisher101 20 years ago

I didn't think it was that bad.

I think the best move for the film would have been to have some exploitation and more dark humor and thrive as the low-budget sci-fan flick that it really is. I thought the movie took itself a little too seriously for it to be as entertaining as it should have been.

[–] KnatLouie 20 years ago

Well, I've actually seen THREE Albert Pyun films much worse than this (Urban Menace, Corrupt and The Wrecking Crew), plus I've seen "Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal", which was an equally poor performance by Rutger Hauer...

So this one isn't as bad as I thought before (but it's still pretty lousy)

If it had been more un-serious, I guess it would have worked better, like you say...but it wasn't and it didn't!

-This is my John Hancock?

[–] JackBravo69 19 years ago

I cant even imagine a movie worse than this. I mean there was not a single thing I liked it the whole thing. No action, boring dialogs, poor sets, poor music, bad acting, no plot, bad direction...this is as low as it gets.

According to my voting list ive voted on 915 movies and ive only given 13 "one's" so Im not someone that's mean. In fact I love b-movies. But this was just a total waste. And of all the one's ive given this is without a doubt the lowest.

Absolutely horrible film.

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[–] igkovacs 19 years ago

I'm very disappointed on this movie. I bought it 'cos Rutger Hauer. I like him since Nighthawkes, Flash & Blood and ofcourse an ever sci-fi masterpiece the Blade Runner. But his latest movies almost all rubish. What's happenning with him???
This movie was realy sucks, wasted 84 minuts. I cannot say any positiv, unless the black killer girl robots. I think it gave the idea for Matrix's[1999] black suits.

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[–] KnatLouie 13 years ago

LOL try lookin at: Nemesis 1-4

Actually, the first Nemesis-movie wasn't that bad, all things considered.. the cast was decent, the action was somewhat well-done (at least it was fast-paced), and it had pretty good humor as well. I've seen Nemesis 2 and 3, and the gradually get worse.. I've yet to see the 4th one, but I heard it consisted mostly of recycled footage and super-closeups of Andrew Divoff's face, lol.. sounds hilarious.

Speaking of Rutger Hauer, I think he's on the way to a semi-comeback (not that he's been away), as "Hobo with a Shotgun" just came out, and it's friggin' awesome! That is, if you like those kinda movies.. :D

[–] Spallone_Spikane 13 years ago

The first Nemesis is fantastic filmmaking. I've seen Nemesis 2 and 4 however and they are horrid, horrid films.

I'd say the same for Omega Doom, but the first 10 minutes or so of the film, up until he stops talking with Norbert Weisser (great actor btw), is brilliant cinema. The rest of the film sadly consists of repeated images upon repeated images, and just boring back and forth between actors as it were a play (sadly not a 'play' like his Deceit). No visual inventiveness whatsoever.

Ranking of bad Pyun:

Nemesis 4
Nemesis 2
Arcade
Heatseeker
Omega Doom
Hong Kong 97

I really liked Hong Kong 97, , but it is truly one of the dumbest films ever made and very, very sloppy. It is fun though, and aesthetically beautiful many a times.

Still discovering Pyun, and I've yet to see his infamous Urban trilogy. :)

[–] KnatLouie 9 years ago

Ranking of bad Pyun:

Nemesis 4
Nemesis 2
Arcade
Heatseeker
Omega Doom
Hong Kong 97

If I had to rank all his films (that I have seen so far), it would be:

Pretty good movies:
Nemesis
Dollman
Knights
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Dangerously Close
Down Twisted
Mean Guns

Half-decent stuff:
Cyborg
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
Postmortem
Hong Kong 97
Brainsmasher... A Love Story
Arcade
Heatseeker
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Blast
Ticker
Captain America

Terrible films:
Nemesis 2
Nemesis 3
Nemesis 4
Omega Doom
Crazy Six
Tales of an Ancient Empire
Corrupt
The Wrecking Crew
Urban Menace

[–] ttaskmaster 13 years ago

I heard this film was based on scenes from a Dashiell Hammett novel from the 1920s. That predates Yojimbo in, what, 1961 and most of the other similar flicks.

But then, most things from Hollywood are either rip-offs from something, or have enough vague similarities that critics can claim plagiarism...

I just watched it for what it is and quite liked it. Character-focussed, with very unique non-human characters, allowing for a LOT of diversity in how they are acted.

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