Iron Sky

Plot synopsis:
The film opens in 2018 with an American manned landing mission to the Moon. The lander carries two astronauts, one of them an African American male model, James Washington, specifically chosen to aid the U.S. President in her re-election (various "Black to the Moon" word-play posters are seen in the film, extolling the new Moon landing).
Upon landing on the far side of the Moon, they encounter the descendents of Nazis who escaped to the Moon in 1945 (self-styled the "Fourth Reich" in dialogue). Washington is taken captive after the other astronaut is killed. Nazi scientist Doktor Richter examines Washington and obtains his smartphone, which he later recognizes as having more computing power than the 1940s style computers of the Fourth Reich, enabling its use as a control unit to complete their giant space battleship Götterdämmerung.
When Richter strives to demonstrate his Wunderwaffe to the current Führer, Wolfgang Kortzfleisch, the phone's battery is quickly exhausted. Nazi commander Klaus Adler, chosen for genetic reasons to mate with Earth specialist Renate Richter (Doktor Richter's daughter), embarks in a flying saucer to collect more such computers on Earth. He takes with him Washington, who has been "Aryanized" by Doktor Richter using an "albinizing" drug.
Upon landing in New York City, they discover that Renate has stowed away with them. They abandon Washington after he connects them with the President's campaign adviser, Vivian Wagner. Whereafter Adler and Renate energize the President's re-election campaign using Nazi-style rhetoric. At the time, Renate is unaware of Adler's ambition to replace Kortzfleisch and rule the world. After three months, Kortzfleisch lands on Earth and confronts Adler, but is killed by Adler and Vivian. Adler declares himself the new Führer before returning to orbit in Kortzfleisch's flying saucer, deserting Vivian but taking her tablet computer.
Concurrently, Renate is persuaded by the now-homeless Washington that Adler intends global genocide. Shortly afterwards, the Moon Nazis launch a mass attack on the Earth with a fleet of giant Zeppelin-like spacecraft called Siegfrieds which tow asteroids as missiles and launch countless flying saucers at New York City, where they destroy the Statue of Liberty and blitz the city. The U.S. Air Force engage the flying saucers with some success.
The United Nations assembles to discuss the Moon Nazi threat. The President appoints Vivian as commander of the secretly militarised spacecraft USS George W. Bush, which carries nuclear and directed-energy weapons, only to discover that most of the other nations (except Finland) have also secretly armed their spacecraft. They dispatch them against the Nazi fleet and wipe out the Siegfrieds.
Adler arrives in Kortzfleisch's flying saucer with the tablet computer to activate the Götterdämmerung. Renate and Washington travel in Adler's flying saucer to the Götterdämmerung, where Washington goes to disable the engines while Renate seeks out Adler. Meanwhile, the international space fleet damage the Nazis' Moon base and approach the Götterdämmerung which dwarfs them all. Commanding the Götterdämmerung, Adler destroys parts of the Moon to expose Earth to his line-of-fire. During the battle, Washington disconnects Vivian's tablet from the control panel of the Götterdämmerung, while Renate kills Adler before he can fire at Earth. Renate and Washington separately escape as the Götterdämmerung crashes into the Moon.
The U.S. President congratulates Vivian from the UN session; whereupon Vivian discloses the presence of large tanks of helium-3 on the Moon, of which the President immediately assumes sole claim on grounds that its possession ensures a millennium-long supply of energy. This enrages the other UN members, who engage in a brawl, while the international fleet turn on each other.
At the damaged Moon base, Renate reunites with Washington, who has reverted his pigmentation back to normal. They kiss before a confused group of Nazi survivors, whom Renate assures, "[they] have a lotta work cut out for [them]". The final moments of the film show the Earth apparently during an international nuclear war. At the very end of the credits, the planet Mars is revealed with an artificial satellite in orbit.
Most of the names in the movie have a symbolic and often ironic meaning. The plot refers to several motifs that originate in post-war Esoteric Nazism, such as the symbol of the Black Sun and Nazi UFOs.

Tags: anti war, clever, alternate history, satire, entertaining, sci-fi

Review:
When Nazis build a giant space station on the Moon after the final days of World War II, they await for the day when the Fourth Reich can return to Earth and try to conquer it again.Yes, it does seem a bit pro-Nazi, but when you watch the film it really isn't; if anything, it does the greatest job at making fun of Nazis.
There isn't much to say about the film besides the fact that it's a strange yet entertaining time at the movies and you're sure to not forget it because, even though some people will hate it and others will like it, the story is just so random you can't not remember it.
Except that with barely 7.5M euros, the filmmakers have created a movie that contains, as the director explained, about as much CGI shots as Transformers: Dark of the Moon (now *that* reference must be very intentional as this is definitely the better movie) and looks about as good as a 2D version of that movie.So, the camp humor may not be to some people's liking, but if you like camp, this is a nearly-perfect sci-fi specimen of the genre.
Of course you can't put them all in the same movie, so I'm eager to see the team's next film.Iron Sky is a shiny mirror that challenges the western civilization to look at their own problems of today.
And, I quite liked it.For those that do not know, Iron Sky is a Sci-fi action comedy from a team of Finnish "independent" film makers lead by Timo Vuorensola as the director.
Iron Sky tells a story about 'freaking space Nazis from the dark side of the moon coming back to earth'.For what it is, the movie works fine.
It has its many fun moments and true laugh out loud scenes, specially made for those viewers who are into internet/computer/pop culture related stuff, which presence makes sense considering the guys who made this film are "self taught" young film makers who basically 'grew up' making movies of their own, and are the children of the Internets.Iron Sky has a really good cast who deliver consistently strong performance throughout the film.
And I think it felt this way was because there was a subtlety in his acting which sadly vanishes under rest of the silliness in the film.Now as expected from the guys who previously did the Star Wrek comedy films, they made absolutely brilliant CGI effects for Iron Sky. I rarely could tell which stuff were done with practical effects and which were done with CGI, which is a very good thing.
The slapstick comedy (which is very minimal) is the worst part of the film..This movie seems to get some fairly good reviews but doesn't seem to get the praise it truly deserves.
As I live in Finland, I have been interested in Iron Sky movie since they announced that the makers of the film 'Star Wreck' are making a new sci-fi movie.
I understand that Nazis are a tough thing to swallow for many (probably more to Europeans than others), but the script was so well-written and the jokes were so good, that I don't think if I have ever laughed so much in a movie theater.
I highly recommend this film to all friends of science fiction and good comedy - well worth a cost of a movie ticket!.
The acting was good, particularly the females - the lead was very charming, and the president and her sidekick were mean and brisk.A final plus is that some US reviewers don't like fun being poked at their awful political system.Overall not great, but it was refreshing..
The choice of making the President a future version of Sarah Palin might have been inspired but it was largely wasted and instead of the film ending as it might have hoped with a statement akin to the close of Strangelove (a film it self-consciously references on a few occasions) the result is closer to those terrible over the top farces of the 1960s where chaos is let loose on the screen leaving the audience bewildered and ultimately bored.I really hate writing a review like this but I can't recollect the last time I've so been disappointed with a film.
This moral cowardice is actually quite funny, but not in a laughing out loud way.Iron Sky is a total wreck of a movie.
It's no coincidence that the production of "Iron Sky" started shortly after the airing of South Park's "Cartoon Wars" in 2006, it's very likely that - just as shown in this episode - manatees choosing idea balls were used as writing staff.Of course the acting is very cartoonish, the music by Laibach is totally wasted, the political views are those of sophomoric teenagers.Americans annoyed by the portrayal of their country in this picture should consider this: The European Union and the German state participated in the financing of this spaced out garbage.
I loved the concept of the movie, could have been so much better but I really didn't get if it was supposed to be comedy, satirical or more serious - I think they were going for comedy but were so far from the mark I didn't laugh once, just cringed at the poor attempt.Badly written, completely nonsensical, second rate acting - the FX were actually very good considering the budget.Sorry Iron Sky - you should have left the Nazi's on the moon in my inconsequential opinion.Tell you what though, whoever sold this movie must be one hell of a salesman!
This is a Finnish-German-Australian science- fiction comedy made with fan donations that winds up making a lot of fun of Nazis, Americans, and even a few jokes about the Finns and the Australians.Basically, the Nazis have been hiding out on the moon for 70 years making plans to conquer the world.
It is a comical approach no doubt, but as the story unfolds, it turns to be not only funny, but a refined satire about power, the USA imperialism and so on and so forth.This project, partially financed by fans, is a mixture of low budget film and blockbuster (Udo Kier and Götz Otto are film celebrities), both in form and content, and though the Nazi theme might be a bit recurring in a way, the final result is a light entertainment film, but not a meaningless one.There is a criticism to USA foreign politics, a.k.a. imperialism, to power, corruption etc.
This movie has everything: great idea from start to the end, lots of fun and crazy moments, good acting, memorable characters, great music (mix of Star Wars and Star Trek), and great visual effects without any flaws.
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this film as much as I did, it was smarter than I anticipated, not with what they put in but what they left out: over-elaborate explanations of anything.A great advertisement for different countries collaborating on a film, it lacked propaganda and political correctness that seems to poison most Hollywood films these days, especially ones with subject matter like this movie.It lacked a little polish, obviously from budget restraints, but it was executed perfectly!I'm looking forward to the sequel in 2017.
Iron Sky has real actors and is now competing against big productions at the box office.But if the film is reasonably successful I wonder even more, how the future of movie making will be like.
The premise of the film, that during World War 2 some of the Nazis escaped to the moon to plot their dastardly return, is utterly ridiculous and tees you up perfectly for the kind of film that this is.The best way I can describe Iron Sky is that it is a satirical mash up of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs and the camp Nazi mockery of BBC's Allo Allo.
A former Finnish flatmate of mine is a huge fan of Allo Allo so this would not surprise me if the BBC's sitcom provided a lot of inspiration for the Finish director Timo Vourensola during the making of this film.Iron Sky is set in a world where the first female President of the USA, someone whose name is not given but bears more than a resemblance to Sarah Pallin, is standing for re-election into her second term in the White House.
The special effects were ropey in places but only by Hollywood standards but staggering for a film that was made for only $10 million.The laughs come thick and fast and close to the bone playing on Nazi stereotypes, Black stereotypes, American stereotypes, all stereotypes.
Iron Sky is the kind of intelligently silly B-Movie that has been missing from the cinemas for a long time.
They didn't "got" this movie at all - Americans just don't like to be seen as world conqueror, and Germans still have a ton of problem with their "Nazi" heritage.
To say that my expectations for Iron Sky were high when trailers for this film first surfaced on the internet would be a massive understatement: stunning images of Nazi flying-saucers taking off from a swastika shaped base on the dark side of the moon to attack the Earth left me drooling with anticipation.
Unfortunately, what the trailers didn't reveal was that the film wasn't the epic, dark, sci-fi/action flick that it appeared to be, but more of a political satire (albeit one wrapped in a cool retro aesthetic).Rather than an hour and a half of explosive Independence Day-style fun, with hordes of evil space storm-troopers swooping into the Earth's atmosphere to unleash hell on an unsuspecting populace, mercilessly annihilating all who oppose them, the film follows a small group of moon-Nazi's who arrive on Earth and attempt to control the planet by writing speeches for America's Sarah Palin style president.The movie does boast impressive CGI effects and brilliantly designed Nazi technology, and sexy Julia Dietze (as a pretty blonde Aryan teacher) and busty Peta Sergeant (as the President's slutty campaign organiser) provide some welcome eye-candy, but it just ain't enough to make up for the dreadful script and heavy-handed satire.
We're introduced to the Germans who seem to be stuck under the 1940s doctrine and mindset, as coached by Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), fiancée of the ambitious Klaus Adler (Gotz Otto) who had set his sights at usurping leadership to become the new Fuhrer, and to invade Earth at first opportunity.This Finnish-German-Australian production is full on satire, especially when they directly poke fun at all of Nazi Germany's ideology, and mocking their ways from wanting to create the perfect Aryan race, right down to highlighting the absurdness of their beliefs, with plenty of insider references and jokes that will probably make real Nazi sympathizers weep.
And the US has gotten the worst of jibes (and perhaps little love there) with the filmmakers making statements about their foreign policy, as led by the President's number one biatch/campaign manager turned Sky Captain wannabe Vivian Wagner (Peta Sergeant), I can't help but to crack up each time these two women break up the mood and starting to make girlie comments on each other.The Wow factor here is the special effects that can rival the best that Hollywood can rely upon for its blockbusters.
or even Earth Vs The Flying Saucers and elements of steam punk where archaic technology has been designed to carry out advanced functions normally done by modern There's a lot of broad satire on modern politics especially from the scenes at the World Council with petty bickering between the representatives of different nation but there's also the culture clash humour which was sometimes nice and subtle with really good use of the Chaplin film The Great Dictator that assumes a familiarity with the film to work.
I liked the rise of the Palin-esque President on the back of Nazi style campaigning (it didn't seem too out of step with real-life hyperbole) and also some of the broader jokes at the expense of current events (the world leaders roaring at the idea that North Korea could be responsible for the army on the moon was probably my favourite) but mostly the gags were too obvious and neither as smart nor as funny as they should have been.
It seemed like a really good movie from the trailer, but when I read the bad critics about it here on IMDb I was prepared for the worst.Well, let me put it this way: I can't imagine what disturbing lack of humor some of the people reviewing this movie have.
Farscape is one example of what kind of stuff I love to see on the screen.Iron Sky is sci-fi, satire, comedy, action and a whole lot of fun.
This was a fantastic use of a relatively low budget, a preposterous (in the good sense) premise that becomes a starting point for hilarious and engaging situations, and interesting social commentary.This is the kind of movie that we need to see more of, in this age of reboots, sequels/prequels, spin-offs, etc., we are too used to giving a pass to lack of originality as long as a lot of budget is thrown to special effects, explosions, high-profile actors, etc.
(just how do you get an internal combustion engine to run in a vacuum) The use of graphics is quite stunning, they have done a great job in that area, along with the use of the German language brings the story line into prospective with the film, as with the sound track using 1940's style of music.It's a film for all ages from 15 upwards, if this film does well in the cinema's around the world, I am sure people will want to watch it again, just to try and pick out the many mistakes, over all a good B movie and a good laugh in places..
It's way more believable than giant intelligent robots from another planet at least.My salutes to the team and the Internet behind Iron Sky, you need to get this movie out to the cinemas - it appears that there is a lack of distributors willing to take on the film (insert conspiracy theory here on Hollywood losing face).
I guess you know what the premise is (it's one of those one joke made into a feature film types of movies) and I do think it works.
Iron Sky is peppered with these www2.0 references, but i have to say the result is far, far better than what you expect; of course this is not "pure" science fiction, it's meant to be more of a funny epic, but the production, writing, direction, all the bits that make a classic film are here and are great.
All of the nonsense thrown at your face has an icing of camp all over it.The only good part about this movie are the unrelenting one-liners that make the US and Nazis look like the people that they truly are, not forgetting North Korea.
There's even a scene parodying the German movie "Downfall".There are very few bad things I can say about Iron Sky, other than I think that the invasion aspect wasn't as strong as the rest of the film.
OK, first of all, remember what "Iron Sky" is about, Nazis from the Darkside of the Moon.Now that you have it in the back of your mind you know you can not watch this movie on the first degree, it had to be politically incorrect and it is.The base of the movie is fans funding, we start to see this kind of funding more and more in our daily life (movies, boardgames, miniatures war-games...) and I think it's great because it frees the movie directors from the tasteless, colourless guidelines of big majors.
With the old premise of Nazi inhabiting the dark side of the moon and going around on flying saucers, this movie presents us with a freshness and face that only Europeans (the nordic, to be particular) could bring.Making fun of themselves, the Finnish came out with a film full of criticism presented in a comic way; criticism against society, the governments and their lies and hypocrisy (especially the us government) and it doesn't say sorry for it.
because my expectations were low going in so to be completely surprise and delighted that they were so wrong.OK so its a bite of a hit and miss but thats half the fun its like watching a movie your mates would of dreamed up but never had the balls to pull it off.i love film makers that just have a go and this is one.
The movie is made with a good taste and with a very different touch when compared to Hollywood films.Special effects are very nice but didn't expect less after Star Wreck.
From the same people that did Star Wreck comes Iron Sky, a movie about Nazis from the dark side of the Moon coming to reclaim Earth and battling a Sara Palin style USA president.
However, the visual effects for the film are very good and the space battle scenes look great.
If you still want to see Iron Sky, just watch the trailer again or go rent a real exploitation Nazi movie.
Quick as I can I will explain why this is a one star turkey.The writing is appalling.The plot is appalling.Its not funny (though I did smile a couple of times by accident) The acting is appalling but then you can blame that on the script.One of the most painfully dull films I've had to watch in a very long time.I love B-Movies, "so bad its good" type things I love, sci-fi, you name it.
The makers of this movie probably first started out by talking about the premise of this like "Nazi's from outer space!" and had a good laugh and such.
It felt like a crazy 80s film.It is a great story and a lot of fun to watch.
You can either watch it for the bad acting, the great story, the average comedy or all 3 like I did.I will give this film 6 out of 10."Remember me?