Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift User Reviews

Interesting take on post apocalypse

[boyerchez · 9/10 · 1 September 2013]

Saw a very early, possibly the first, cut screening of this film back in March. It was still needing CG work and the sound was rough. What I gleamed from the version I saw, was the film is set several centuries after the Van Damme Cyborg film. No, there's no Van Damme and no "FENDERRRRR". So its not really a sequel, prequel or whatever other form these tenuous connections take on. What it is, is a very complicated and complex take on the whole messiah as hero trope. The film really spins the entire Joseph Campbell hero's journey on its ear. The film asks and explores what if you were both the savior and the destroyer, hero and villain rolled into one. There were several "Scene Missing" cards so it was a disjointed, but the core of the film's thematic track was apparent. Joi Fulco plays these messiah / Lucifer hybrid. She's interesting but it was hard to tell how her acting is. As in all Albert Pyun films, there's a lot of imaginative visuals and an unorthodox style to everything. I think he might have jumped the gun on screening the cut as it needed work but the ideas rang through impressively. It's not derivative or stuck in genre conventions. It's as if Cyborg was remade with the style of 2001 or Tree of Life. Its that metaphysical in design. I am curious to see the final version.

I've not seen this film at all! But I have to rant a little!

[jaytei · 10/10 · 31 December 2023]

I've not seen this film! I can't find it anywhere! I'd be happy to see whatever the bits and pieces the other reviewer saw. I'm a big fan of Nemesis and Cyborg and Pyun's work and style. I'm really sad to hear of his dementia and passing.

I'm really hoping someone will pick up this project and finish it!!

It sounds like it came so far and, come on! Someone out there in TV land can pick this up and get it over the line. I would do it if i could!

For me it's become a wish list item.

1. I wish someone would make Ulysses 31 into a live action 3 part IMAX film. Using 9 stories of the original series, to make up 3 full length films. (Neill Blomkamp, come on fella, you're obviously a fan).

2. Bring the Buzz servers back online or start a new Buzz service so we can all enjoy the online sofa games again. Its been years and we all still miss those fun times.

3. Pick up Cyborg Nemesis and finish the job. Its Pyun's last gig!

Thanks for reading if you did. Happy new year 2024!