I’ve always been a bit intrigued by this movie. I mean, Moon Nazis, yeah, sure, why not? They like to hang with Space Sasquatch. Drink a few moonrock-beers, throw some 100-meter-horseshoes (because they are metric up there, as they should be). But that’s not the most engaging of stories, all things considered. This? This is kind of a resplendent disaster. For one, they ignore Space Sasquatch. Sad. The Moon Nazis also still seem pretty set on conquering the world. Totally uncool. There’s some other stuff with a black astronaut that is pretty unsettling, too. You’ll see.
Moon Nazis. Earth mission. Earth politics. Moon Lander astronaut banners. This is all not how you think it would go, unless you were stuck in a weird alternate President Sarah Palin timeline, and wished Dollar General Terry Crews took this job after Idiocracy.
This seems to be a very international endeavor, if the opening credits and countries associated are to be believed. Turns out, one of the most expensive Finnish movies made to date. Huh! And after seeing how it plays out, I believe it. While at first a somewhat novel and juvenile premise, I kept saying to myself, these are some surprisingly good CGI scenes deployed here. Why? This is cheese C-Grade movie premise. But this? Wow. It’s...well, let’s just say some “fresh earth discipline” kinda shit goin on, in the most insidious of trappings. The last scene confirms it. Or it’s just an odd space Nazi movie with a really good CGI budget. Weird. I don’t hold this against Udo Kier, it came quickly known to my suspicions that he is not a man but an automaton. And used against his will for this. Or was he? The music by Laibach is...appropriate. Overall though, it’s just kind of silly, poking fun at some verboten stereotypes and outlandish behaviors. Not many lighthearted Nazi films out there, so it does fill that niche, too.
