Saturday, June 30, 2012

Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012) - Movie Review


Deep in the Antarctic, a research team is drilling for minerals are abducted by masked troopers. They learn that deep in the bowels of the cold continent, since the end of WWII the Nazis have been operating science experiments, extending their age and cheating death so they may once again lead the Third Reich to world domination, and their new captives have become their next test subjects.

When I first heard of this movie, I was definitely intrigued. Unfortunately, the opening credits revealed that The Asylum produced this film, thus all hopes of being entertained in any form went straight out the window. The Asylum is the cheap bastards responsible for pathetic, second hand knockoffs of blockbusters such as Transmorphers and Snakes on a Train. Continuing with tradition and a well established poor reputation, Nazis at the Cener of the Earth was a groaning bore. What was surprising was the minimal attempt at originality, and they actually had a D-list star appearing with Jake Busey. That’s a big step forward for them. Even Joseph J. Lawson’s directing was adequate enough to give the movie a nicely budgeted feel, but the script and acting were both uninspired and lazy.

If this movie had been made in the late fifties or sixties, I might give it a pass. I might have actually even enjoyed it, but it’s made a by a movie studio that has no shame in producing crap for the sake of making crap. There are no redeeming qualities about this movie. Please, skip it. 


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