For those who like a chuckle mixed in with a good actioner I can highly recommend
Iron Sky, (Nazi's from the moon)
Yes, really, that's what it's called, yes really, it is as utterly ridiculous as it sounds,
Heres a synopsis for anyone who is prepared to lose a couple of hours on military based action that has not one shred of basis in fact. (well, it mentions some historical Nazi names of course)
In 1945, a group of Nazi's, (men/women/kids), fled to the dark side of the moon where they set up a base and continued on their Aryan ideals and teachings and the creation of ever better military technology.
It's now 2018, the current president of the US, desperate to perform well in the polls and be re-elected has sent a manned spaceship to the dark side of the moon, partly as a publicity stunt for ratings and partly (under the instruction of the secretary of defense) looking for Helium 3 which will make the US completely indipendant of the need for alternative energy sources for thousands of years.
The pair of astronauts unexpectedly stumble upon the Nazi base, one is killed, one captured and interrogated, (the under fuhrer believes him to be a scout party for an invasion force and they are planning their own invasion of earth to re-aryanise it, they have flying saucers and large Zeppelin styled spaceships)
They discover the iphone of the astronaut has 40 times the processing power of their antiquated computers which are huge clunky valve operated machines and realise this will give them the technology they so desperately need to launch a leviathon of a spaceship called the Gotterdammerung which utilises the aforementioned Hydrogen 3 as a projectile for a deadly weapon, the battery runs flat during testing however and the under Fuhrer volunteers to go to earth and get more 'mini computers' and return to carry out the invasion and power the big ship.
The presidents PR lady/spin doctor gets a great scene parodying the already much parodied Hitler/bunker scene from Downfall as she berates her staff for their potentially destructive campaign ideas.
She also has my favourite line of the movie, as she leads a fleet of spacecraft to the moon base she says
'So, how about that moon base, what do you say we go out there and slap them around a bit?'
So, if you like a good no brainer action movie that will make you giggle, this is ideal.
if you like looking for plot holes and 'how could a,b or c happen' this is not for you, there are more holes than plot.
It is however a very well made and acted movie, nothing like as cheesy as you might think and clearly they had a decent budget on this one.
I enjoyed it anyway.
Iron Sky, (Nazi's from the moon)
Yes, really, that's what it's called, yes really, it is as utterly ridiculous as it sounds,
Heres a synopsis for anyone who is prepared to lose a couple of hours on military based action that has not one shred of basis in fact. (well, it mentions some historical Nazi names of course)
In 1945, a group of Nazi's, (men/women/kids), fled to the dark side of the moon where they set up a base and continued on their Aryan ideals and teachings and the creation of ever better military technology.
It's now 2018, the current president of the US, desperate to perform well in the polls and be re-elected has sent a manned spaceship to the dark side of the moon, partly as a publicity stunt for ratings and partly (under the instruction of the secretary of defense) looking for Helium 3 which will make the US completely indipendant of the need for alternative energy sources for thousands of years.
The pair of astronauts unexpectedly stumble upon the Nazi base, one is killed, one captured and interrogated, (the under fuhrer believes him to be a scout party for an invasion force and they are planning their own invasion of earth to re-aryanise it, they have flying saucers and large Zeppelin styled spaceships)
They discover the iphone of the astronaut has 40 times the processing power of their antiquated computers which are huge clunky valve operated machines and realise this will give them the technology they so desperately need to launch a leviathon of a spaceship called the Gotterdammerung which utilises the aforementioned Hydrogen 3 as a projectile for a deadly weapon, the battery runs flat during testing however and the under Fuhrer volunteers to go to earth and get more 'mini computers' and return to carry out the invasion and power the big ship.
The presidents PR lady/spin doctor gets a great scene parodying the already much parodied Hitler/bunker scene from Downfall as she berates her staff for their potentially destructive campaign ideas.
She also has my favourite line of the movie, as she leads a fleet of spacecraft to the moon base she says
'So, how about that moon base, what do you say we go out there and slap them around a bit?'
So, if you like a good no brainer action movie that will make you giggle, this is ideal.
if you like looking for plot holes and 'how could a,b or c happen' this is not for you, there are more holes than plot.
It is however a very well made and acted movie, nothing like as cheesy as you might think and clearly they had a decent budget on this one.
I enjoyed it anyway.
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