Wow, it looks great! Added to my watch list
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Always up for some Albert Pyun, in small doses, I couldn't binge a bunch.
Vicious Lips is fine but I enjoyed Radioactive Dreams and Cyborg too, although Cyborg 2 is superior. Nemesis and Omega Doom are both OK, Nemesis 2, not so much. The last 5 are part of a loose sequence of films, made even more confusing as there are two competing trilogies. In release order you have:
- Cyborg (1989)
- Nemesis (1992)
- Knights (1993)
- Cyborg 2 (1993)
- Cyborg 3 (1994)
- Nemesis 2 (1995)
- Nemesis 3 (1996)
- Omega Doom (1996)
- Nemesis 4 (1996)
- Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift (2016)
- Nemesis 5 (2017)
Given all the competing interests and edits, it is impossible to watch them in a coherent order and it is unwise to try (Dark Rift is tricky to find, I am unsure it has had a major release) Just dip in if the plot catches your fancy.
Albert Pyun is one of those underappreciated b-movie scifi / cyberpunk / action directors, although to be fair he does have an underground cult following.
My personal favourite is Radioactive Dreams. This is an electric mix of post-apocalypse and a parody of 50's private eye motifs. It really is a unique experience. Fallout 1/2 were clearly inspired by Radioactive Dreams.
I will agree with @[email protected], and recommend people avoid anything beyond Nemesis 2, perhaps even just the original Nemesis.
Some other Pyun movies that I would recommend:
- Alien from L.A. (1998) - A nerdy (but very attractive) Kathey Ireland takes part in a adventure lightly based on Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
- Knights (1995) - Includes a mix of many of the motifs typically found in Pyun movies. Post-apocalypse, cyborgs, action.
Watched, I definitely enjoyed it! It had some issues but I liked the song, the characters, there was no real horror tho. One of those movies which could have been really good with some changes
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Was it (almost) all a dream it all in the end?