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During the Second World War, a young man, with the help of some animated puppets, must stop the Nazis who attacked his family and kidnapped his girlfriend.During the Second World War, a young man, with the help of some animated puppets, must stop the Nazis who attacked his family and kidnapped his girlfriend.During the Second World War, a young man, with the help of some animated puppets, must stop the Nazis who attacked his family and kidnapped his girlfriend.
Peter Frankland
- Max
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
William Hickey
- Andre Toulon
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Andrew Kimbrough
- Klaus
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Domonic Muir
- David Schmoeller(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAndre Toulon's hotel room is a detailed reconstructed set to resemble the original room used for the original Puppet Master (1989) film.
- GoofsThe female Japanese agent mentions Kamikaze attacks. No Kamikaze units existed until 1944.
- Crazy creditsThe name Tom Baker is credited as a crew member at the end of the movie, as well as the name Lethbridge Stewart. Baker is one of the people who played the titular character in the BBC show Doctor Who and Stewart is a fictional character within that show. There wasn't anyone who worked on the movie by those two names and they were added to pad out the credits and were tributes to Doctor Who.
- ConnectionsEdited from Puppet Master (1989)
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Not good but could've been worse
David DeCoteau is a talented microbudget horror director and he's directed some of the better, more artful Puppet Master films. Parts 3, 6 and 7 are some of the most competently directed, serious and beautifully shot Full Moon films. "Axis of Evil" fits in with them, but its the weakest of his efforts through no fault of his own.
The problem with Pt 9 (since Charles Band disgustingly counts a "Best of" tape as Pt 8) is that its a much, much cheaper rehash of 7 which was a rehash of 3. The plot follows a young man fighting the Nazis in a dark urban setting, losing his loved ones and then getting revenge. Pt 3 is a good film but remaking it twice is twice too many. Worst of all is that the puppets have less to do with the story and they look shabbier in each film. Lets face it: the puppets are the stars.
Its gorgeously shot, directed as well as a fast and cheap horror film can be and you have to admire the craftsmanship of a movie filmed for peanuts, but its not entertaining or original enough. This is the 1st of a trilogy and so you don't receive any closure but you do feel a rage at the cynical money-grubbing quality of Full Moon's lesser films. What a waste of DeCoteau and a modest Puppet Master premise.
The problem with Pt 9 (since Charles Band disgustingly counts a "Best of" tape as Pt 8) is that its a much, much cheaper rehash of 7 which was a rehash of 3. The plot follows a young man fighting the Nazis in a dark urban setting, losing his loved ones and then getting revenge. Pt 3 is a good film but remaking it twice is twice too many. Worst of all is that the puppets have less to do with the story and they look shabbier in each film. Lets face it: the puppets are the stars.
Its gorgeously shot, directed as well as a fast and cheap horror film can be and you have to admire the craftsmanship of a movie filmed for peanuts, but its not entertaining or original enough. This is the 1st of a trilogy and so you don't receive any closure but you do feel a rage at the cynical money-grubbing quality of Full Moon's lesser films. What a waste of DeCoteau and a modest Puppet Master premise.
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- quridley
- Jun 3, 2017
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- Also known as
- Puppet Master IX: Axis of Evil
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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