Nemesis brings together a stellar selection of gangster film stalwarts, with Billy Murray taking the lead. One might expect standard genre fare, and for the opening half the film plays up to that, before switching gears and entering 'The Purge' territory. Without giving too much away, the script from Adam Kelly plays the daring game of making the central Morgan family morally questionable. Ultimately you need to root for a protagonist and it's testament to Murray, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott and Ambra Moore that we're able to still fear for their plight, even when righteousness may not be theirs. This is where Nick Moran and Lucy Aarden bring an interesting counter point as three characters converge in the finale. Moran in particular is superb.
Despite some rough edges, and a little too much exposition in earlier scenes, I enjoyed Nemesis a lot, particularly for performing a nicely timed rug pull. Elsewhere, Bruce Payne appears in a role which you might expect to have more of an integral part than it does eventually (again, part of the flip up). Payne chews scenery with his inimitable style of course. The end probably needed a bigger moment, something a little more violently explosive, but the setting is suitably claustrophobic.
Solid work all round and always a pleasure to see so many British acting greats converge. It'll prove divisive for those expecting more by the numbers but it's a thumbs up from me.
Despite some rough edges, and a little too much exposition in earlier scenes, I enjoyed Nemesis a lot, particularly for performing a nicely timed rug pull. Elsewhere, Bruce Payne appears in a role which you might expect to have more of an integral part than it does eventually (again, part of the flip up). Payne chews scenery with his inimitable style of course. The end probably needed a bigger moment, something a little more violently explosive, but the setting is suitably claustrophobic.
Solid work all round and always a pleasure to see so many British acting greats converge. It'll prove divisive for those expecting more by the numbers but it's a thumbs up from me.