Review of Nomads (1986) by Eddie E — 13 Feb 2014
It's hard to imagine anyone thinking this is a great movie. I can imagine something thinking its campy, but the story line is so underdeveloped and the premise so silly that it warrants nothing more.
The possession theme makes no sense: (1) Pommier is better described as obsessed rather than possessed, but the lack of any detail in the backstory makes even his obsession incomprehensible, and (2) just how HIS memories become transferred to Dr.
Flax and how it's related to having to do with the urban nomads is left completely unexplained. Again, not even an attempt at providing a basis for the plot line. Given the anthropological theme as the basis for the "spooky" parts of this movie, it doesn't even rise to the level of sophomoric.
The nomads are a supposed to be a tribe, that's why Pommier gets interested in them, yet they have no characteristics of a tribal society. Then they turn out to be "in reality" trickster demons, which of course as demons are anarchistic, and so NOT a tribe! Are they anarchists or a tribe? Either way the premise and backstory fall apart.
Also, punks and bikers together? Really? The writers and director must have never stepped outside of the suburbs. Research is what this story needed to turn it into something at least mildly interesting.
This review of Nomads (1986) was written by Eddie E on 13 Feb 2014.
Nomads has generally received mixed reviews.
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