{"id":4183,"date":"2012-08-23T12:19:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T18:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2012-08-23T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T18:19:24","slug":"the-iron-sky-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4183","title":{"rendered":"The Iron Sky Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following in the footsteps of Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Inglourious Basterds, here\u2019s another comedic reimagining of the history of Nazi Germany. But where Tarantino\u2019s Nazi-hunter lark stayed relatively grounded in reality, Finnish director Timo Vuorensola goes off the deep end with a delectably demented plot and unabashed B-movie performances in Iron Sky.<\/p>\n

What if, the Finnish-German-Australian co-production asks, a group of renegade Nazis had eluded capture at the end of the Second World War and set up camp on the \u201cdark side of the moon?\u201d Vuorensola is no stranger to such themes, as evidenced by his three-part Star Wreck series, and his forthcoming film, I Killed Adolf Hitler, scheduled for release in 2013.<\/p>\n

Iron Sky is set in 2018. When the Sarah Palinesque, Stairmaster-obsessed President of the United States (New Zealand\u2019s Stephanie Paul) sends a shuttle to touch down on lunar soil to boost her ratings, the astronauts butt helmets with the \u201cFourth Reich.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sole survivor, black astronaut\/model James Washington (Christopher Kirby), comes into contact with the alien Nazis, who take his arrival as a sign that the time is right to return to their native Earth and attack.<\/p>\n

They are led by commander Klaus Adler (G\u00f6tz Otto), who reasons that he and Nazi Earth specialist Renate Richter (blond bombshell Julia Dietze), gratuitously stripped to her undergarments in an early scene) are destined to be married due to their genetic compatibility. She, meanwhile, is hot for Washington despite his black skin, the likes of which she has never seen.<\/p>\n

Her mad-scientist father (Tilo Pr\u00fcckner) goes so far as to \u201ccorrect\u201d Washington\u2019s pigmentation problem. The feces hits the ventilation when Adler, Richter and Washington land on Earth as part of a recon mission for the eventual invasion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all extremely silly. The president\u2019s campaign posters show her and Washington beneath the slogan, \u201cBlack to the moon? Yes she can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adler actually utters the line, \u201cBring me to your leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richter\u2019s favourite movie is Charlie Chaplin\u2019s Hitler send-up The Great Dictator, of which she only had a truncated copy on the moon. When she sees the full version on Earth, she realizes that perhaps her Nazi heritage isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be.<\/p>\n

Peta Sergeant shines \u2013 in ridiculously overacted fashion \u2013 as campaign manager Vivian Wagner, who recruits the Nazis to push the president\u2019s popularity over the top. It all builds to the requisite war of the worlds. And while not every moment of this film is as wacky as its premise, it\u2019s an entertaining ride.<\/p>\n

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