After a long, long break, I'm back with Full Moon's most famous Series.
To be fair, this one didn't come out until 2 years after my last Review (of the 2012 Film), so we're kind of even.
Will this be a welcome return with...
Well, unlike Commenters thought, this ending is paid off.
Our Heroes are immediately shot by a Nazi spy...who is immediately shot by The Guy From Ballistica.
You couldn't have shot the bad guy like 20 seconds earlier?!?
The Nazis are still at it, but this time it is all about the magic.
It's vague and 'glowy,' with pretty much the same effects from Retro Puppet Master...a Film they made 18 years earlier.
All you need to know is that there's an evil lady and a dude, plus a random French Psychic.
I could repeat my 'I smell a Sitcom' joke, but this Film was released as Episodes originally, so....
With magic and dark Science on their side, the Nazis seem hard to stop.
Can our Heroes save the day?
Can the sometimes important, but often neglected Puppets help them out?
Well, I'm pretty sure I know how the end of WWII happened, but to find out, stream the Film now.
Could I have gone another 7 years without watching one of these? Well, it wasn't nearly that bad.
Well, I'm pretty sure I know how the end of WWII happened, but to find out, stream the Film now.
To be honest, the issue with these Films is that they are just so damn cheap looking and feeling. I know that Full Moon isn't Marvel Studios. Hell, it isn't even one of those Studios that makes Mumblecore Films. Even so, it is just so...cheap looking.
A plus- they used CGI and people in suits to actually show you the Puppets moving in full frame.
A negative- they use CGI blood all of the time and I hate it.
A negative- they use CGI blood all of the time and I hate it.
To compensate, they put in lots of low-budget gore involving blood spray and the like. I don't mind it, but some of the uses are weird. They do this prolonged bit where a random Nazi Guard is mutilated, while a main Villain is just punched out and choked. Huh?!?
At this point the Timeline of these- especially with the Comics too- is Swiss Cheese, but credit where credit is due for trying to wrap things up. It's like putting a band aid on Hans Gruber after he falls from the Nakatomi Plaza (gotta work those Christmas jokes in now!), of course.
On the plus side, they kept the Werewolf Puppet and ditched the guy on the right.
At this point, it's probably better to just finish these Films off, right? Well, unless someone famous died today...
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