Product: Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012)
Rating: 2.0
Never Judge A Movie By It's Title!
With a title like this, how can a cult film fan turn it down? After all, who else would this film be aimed at?Unfortunately, a cool title and wacky premise is all the movie really has going for it. I mean, it is just barely interesting enough to sit through(and that's being generous, judging from the reviews here and other sites).The wonderful folks at Asylum(a cult film company that makes Full Moon look like Paramount) must think cult film fans are real idiots and will greet anything cheap and offbeat with open arms. Sorry, but you need a bit more than a snappy title and crazy ideas to make a cult classic. It's all in the execution.The plot(if you really care, and if the title hadn't tipped you off) is about a bunch of scientists in Antarctica(nobody in this movie looks cold) who are captured by Dr. Josef Mengele and his Nazi goons, who have been living under the frozen surface for decades. How have they been living there for so long? By swapping out body parts of course! Fresh body parts are hard to come by in Antarctica, so Mengele has employed a traitorous scientist, Jake Busey, to lure scientific teams into the hands of the Nazis. This newest batch is wanted, not just for their parts, but their scientific expertise. You see, the Nazis are still hellbent on world domination, and they need to get their robot Hitler up and running before they can proceed with their "Fourth Reich" scenario. Hitler's head has been preserved, and attached to what looks like the evil "Cain" robot from Robocop 2.Will our scientist heroes free themselves from the clutches of the Nazis and stop their dastardly plan? Of course they will! Like they'd make a movie where the Nazis actually succeeded in their plan and took over the world!Again, plotwise, it's schlock heaven, but realitywise, it's crap. One of my biggest gripes about this(and so many of it's kind made these days) is that CG is relied on for damn near EVERYTHING! I realize in this day and age, that this is the most economic way to get a film made, especially a cheap exploitation-type film.....But I really don't care. It's lazy and looks terrible, absolutely terrible. It looks so bad that it is a major distraction, and half the time you're wondering if you're watching a movie or a Playstation game. Of course, anymore the lines are becoming blurry between the two.But other than that(which is a big deal) there isn't much else engaging going on. There's alot of crazy stuff you could do with the concept, but it's all kinda halfassed here. The actor playing Mengele is decent, as is some of the mutant Nazi makeup(yes, the only thing that isn't CG!), and those things very well may be the only things that kept me(barely) holding on for almost 90 minutes.You're much better off revisiting Ilsa-She Wolf Of The SS, an exploitation flick done right......and on about a third of the budget of this film!