While the law of diminishing returns can be rigidly applied to, Albert Pyun's kinetic Cyberpunk tetralogy 'Nemesis', the fitfully fabulous franchise's conspicuously declining production values, and overreliance on flashbacks to pad out the increasingly bizarre narrative proves irksome, and yet, even with all its obvious recycling 'Nemesis 3 : Time Lapse', contains enough unrestrained lunacy to appease more forgiving 'Nemesis' aficionados. Taken as a standalone work, this admittedly patchy, frequently silly Sci-fi shenanigans may seem inconsequential, more seasoned schlock seekers will no doubt revel in its myriad eccentricities!
The film's strengths reside in the welcome return of dread locked, Sue Price as the dynamic, DNA-mutated Amazon, Alex Rain, undertaking a quest to locate her equally ripped warrior siblings she was latterly unaware of! Girding her magnificent loins, our hypertrophically muscled heroine must grimly battle her way across war-ravaged Africa, these bloody travails cementing the legend of her fearsome fighting prowess! Alex's main obstacles being dastardly droid, Farnsworth 2 (Tim Thomerson) and the two sinuously sleek, garishly garbed cyber assassins, Lock (Sharon Bruneau) & Ditko (Debbie Mugli), their outrageously camp performances providing an additionally tweaked weirdness to psychotronic shoot 'em up 'Nemesis 3 : Time lapse'.
It's highly unlikely that great numbers of Sci-Fight fans will go on to watch the 4th Nemesis instalment after witnessing this frequently misfiring oddity, but I must profess to having a genuine affection for this absurd, boisterously bullet-shredded, cyber Kooky action tetralogy! The juicily jacked, Sue Price is one of the most entertaining, physically adept, serially Cyborg retiring B-Movie heroines, and even with all its strident silliness 'Nemesis 3 : Time lapse' remains a frantically fun, albeit terminally trashy Sci-fantasy freakshow from beloved B-Movie maestro, Albert Pyun!
