Nomads (1985)

Nomads: Directed by John McTiernan. With Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant. A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. But they aren’t what they seem.

“Nomads is style over substance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn McTiernan as writer and director delivers this mid 1980s surreal and supernatural thriller with LA punks and a thumping rock score.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film opens with Dr Flax (Lesley-Anne Down) a tired accident u0026amp; emergency doctor who is called into treat a deranged French anthropologist Jean Charles Pommier (Pierce Brosnan.) He has only moved to Los Angeles with his wife recently where they have been harrassed by punks and rockers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJean Charles dies but not before biting Dr Flax in the neck. She does not become a vampire but she gets his memories and experiences into her head. We are not sure that we are reliving Dr Flax experiences or Jean Charles.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDr Flax seeks out Jean Charlesu0026#39;s wife who is very confused as to why she knows so much about her husband. Meanwhile one of Dr Flaxu0026#39;s colleague gets a phrase that Jean Charles was ranting about deciphered.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe phrase comes from the Innuat. It refers to a band of nomadic spirits who live place to place in human form. These punks and rockers might be the nomads intent on evil.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt seems Jean Charles and his wife had been constantly on the run from these nomads. A nun warned him to keep on running and hiding, he might still be able to evade them. He needs to leave LA.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is an incoherent mess. It does have a great visual style but the narrative is lost. I did find the film a curious watch and felt that there was a better movie in there somewhere.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStill Brosnan and McTiernan would later reunited in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair with McTiernan becoming one of Hollywoodu0026#39;s top action directors.”