IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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An introspective university student with an unhealthy interest in riddles and puzzles becomes involved in a sinister mind game that results in murder.An introspective university student with an unhealthy interest in riddles and puzzles becomes involved in a sinister mind game that results in murder.An introspective university student with an unhealthy interest in riddles and puzzles becomes involved in a sinister mind game that results in murder.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total
Victor A. Young
- Professor
- (as Victor Young)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe subway station in the movie is an abandoned station at Bay Street on the Toronto subway. At one time it was used when trains switched from the Bloor-Danforth line to the Yonge line. When that was discontinued because of switching problems, the station was abandoned. The Toronto Transit Commission rents it out for movie shoots such as this. At one point it had been made to look like a New York subway station and the TTC wished to keep it that way. However the fire department vetoed that because the material used in the "disguise" presented a fire hazard.
- GoofsThe destination "linen" on the subway trains clearly read OUT OF SERVICE.
- Quotes
Jeff Novak: If we knew all of the answers, we wouldn't be human. Maybe not knowing the answer makes us go on living. That's what life's all about.
- ConnectionsReferences Heavy Gear (1997)
- SoundtracksRed
Performed by Elbow
Written by Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Richard Jupp and Pete Turner
Published by Salvation Music Ltd
(C) Salvation Music Ltd and Warner Chappell Music Ltd
By Kind Permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Courtesy of V2 Records
Featured review
"The Nemesis Game" tells of a college student, Sara (Pope), who plays a game of riddles but who can't seem to solve the riddle of her life. The film develops a pair of wispy, marginally intriguing, and converging plot lines; Sara and her riddle game and her father, a cop, and his interrogation of a murder suspect. However, as the story wears on it become more convoluted in its attempt to keep the intrigue going and more muddled in its ability to resolve the issues raised. The result is a frustrating mess with paper thin characters which wallows in it own sense of self importance while failing to deliver anything of substance finally ending with an epilogue much like the punch line of a shaggy dog story. Passable stuff only for the most hard up couch potato. (C)
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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