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Plop in de stad (2006)
Brilliant
Absolutely loved it! Funny all the way through. Understand very little but doesn't matter.
Kabouter Plop (1997)
Brilliant!
This show is completely bonkers but it's very funny!
Werewolves of the Third Reich (2017)
What a concept! Nazi werewolves
Having failed in his attempts to create an army of 1 foot dolls (Revenge of Robert the Doll), Hitler turns to werewolves in an attempt to win the war. The evil and twisted Doctor Mengele is the man for the job. After unscrupulously obtaining a serum, the doctor's plan is to inject it into a human subject and create a Nazi werewolf.
Mengele's wife is introduced as an evil bitch who is running a concentration camp. She likes one of the poor captive's tattoos so much that she cuts off his skin to turn it into a lamp! The rest of the captives are a strange looking bunch who look like they've just got up and are still wearing their pajamas.
The highlight for me in this film is that we even get to see Hitler in this film. He's portrayed brilliantly right down to those nervous twitches and that stutter that's he so well known for.
But, I get ahead of myself because before going any further, I must introduce the other theme running through the film. The two will superbly collide at the end. There are four American men, all nasty and all under military arrest for various misdemeanors. "Mad dog" Murphy is portrayed by Lee Bane who once again puts in a great performance. The men find themselves being transported in the back of a military vehicle when suddenly the road is blocked. It was an ambush by the Nazis and in the ensuing fight, the Nazis are killed as well as the senior officers driving the vehicle.
Murphy and co are now free; outlaws with no place to go. They are seen walking off into the sunset. The movie cleverly plays Western style cowboy music when the four guys are together. It's a unique take on events to have cowboy music in a film based in Nazi Germany.
So, back to Mengele and his nasty wife. A new element is introduced to the story. His wife, Ilsa, is seen having a secret rendezvous with a German officer that works at the base. Having seen the evil side, we now see the more caring and emotional side of Ilsa. Her relationship with the loony doctor is clearly at breaking point, and she wishes to run away with her officer friend.
But things do not go well for them at this point. Mengele has somehow found out about his wife's affair and decides that the officer would be the perfect subject for his first attempt at creating a werewolf. The serum is injected and very soon he's changed. Finally, some much anticipated werewolf action. He's a frightening looking beast, cleverly made up so that you can see who it was originally, but also appearing convincingly as a werewolf.
During the night, Ilsa, who knows what's become of her love, sneaks to the lab to see him. This is a really emotional scene. The hardnosed woman who had been introduced at the start was now vulnerable and hurt. I think one is supposed to feel sorry for her although to be honest, she'd lost the sympathy vote from me the moment she made the lamp out of a captive!
Deciding that she wants to join him, Ilsa injects herself with the serum and soon turns as well.
Now for the two parts of the story to brilliantly come together. Murphy and his men have stumbled across the camp and decide that they should storm it. Four men, you'd think, would have little chance of taking over an entire concentration camp. Luckily for them, despite being the base of Hitler's most important experiments, it's the most poorly defended camp in the World!
There's one gormless looking guard on the door who is quickly dispatched of. Once inside, the place is empty but for Mengele, a senior officer and one other dude with a gun (and of course 2 werewolves). The guy with the gun is overpowered, and obviously the thing to do here is for one of the merry men to offer him out for a fist fight. Right in the middle of this important siege, he figured that this was a great idea! Anyway, once he's eventually killed, it's on to Mengele, but he eludes the gang's grasp.
Now for the only bit of serious werewolf action in the whole film. German officers and doctors are no longer the biggest worry for Murphy and his gang. The werewolves attack! It's dramatic, but ends with the death of the creatures. Hitler would have to go back to the drawing board. What next for the dictator? Nazi gnomes or Nazi frogs? The possibilities are endless!
The final scene brings the movie to a gripping conclusion. Mengele had escaped, and we see him 30 years later as a farmer in the middle of an Argentine forest. He might have thought he'd evaded capture but...wait....Murphy and his pals track him down. All four men have aged incredibly well. Despite being 30 years later, they literally haven't aged at all! After a brief conversation, Mengele's killed and justice has finally caught up with him.
That's the end. Queue more cowboy music .
The Curse of Robert the Doll (2016)
Excellent - The little rascal is at it again!
SPOILER ALERTS -------------- After watching the brilliant original Robert film, I eagerly anticipated this follow up. It doesn't disappoint at all. The little nutter looks evil and you have to wonder who would ever have wanted this as a doll? After his murderous antics in the original, he is obtained by an arrogant museum owner who makes Robert his star attraction. Profits increase and all is good.
Unfortunately for the main character Emily, she decides to get a night time cleaning job at the museum. She's pretty freaked by the doll straight away amid stories of its past. However, she cracks on with her cleaning. Well, actually she spends more time having cups of tea and flirting with the security guard, but she wipes a mirror at one point! She hears some footsteps and witnesses a few strange goings on that make her all the more scary.
She starts to wonder whether she's just seeing things. Maybe all this night time working is getting to her...even though it is only her second night! When a fat, obnoxious security guard ends up dead, things really get going. She considers leaving. I'd be out the door personally, but this job is just too good to leave! She perseveres, but things get worse. Robert pops up and scares the poop out of her cleaning colleague Ethel causing her to fall to the ground. Robert has a screwdriver and a menacing look in his eye. Now, at this point, I'd be inclined to get up and kick the little bugger's head off, but she freezes conveniently on the floor and inevitably gets a screwdriver in her head. Two down, two to go.
Emily and her love interest Kevin are obviously suspects. For some reason the police aren't having it that Robert is responsible. After visiting the mum from the first film, they realise that Robert is indeed responsible. They also discover the museum owner's shady past and attempt to set him up. They attempt to blackmail him and get him to admit that the doll is alive. This doesn't go well and the museum owner is just about to shoot them when Robert comes up behind him and gives him a karate chop in the leg. He falls to the floor and the couple get away, albeit with Kevin getting shot in the leg.
Robert catches up with them and Kevin is no more. There's a brief struggle between Emily and Robert which ends up with Robert being sliced in two. Emily gets away but with no other suspects, the film approaches the end with her being charged with the murders.
The final scene shows Robert's creator, a nutty old toy maker getting Robert back and doing some repairs on the doll. This toy maker is in fact Lee Bane, the main actor from the first film, as an old man.
I now eagerly await the third film in this trilogy. I really enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone.