"Iron Sky" (A movie about Moon Nazis)

You know there was a time in my life where I thought Asia produced the strangest and most interesting movies in the world. I now know that I was wrong. Asia will always be a close second to Scandinavia when it comes to weird-ass films.

Enter Iron Sky, a movie about Nazis from the dark side of the moon.

Basically.

Yeah, I'll give that one a few moments to sink in....maybe go get a sandwich.
*footsteps*
*clutter*
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*footsteps*
Ok, recovered enough? Good, because this is going to be interesting.

Iron Sky is built around the premise that at the end of World War II, the Nazis took a spaceship to the dark side of the moon where they have been building up their strength ever since. Now, they are on the verge of invading Earth to bring in a new era of peace/war. (they haven't really decided yet)

Space Swastika

If this sounds like a shitty movie, you'd be surprised, it's actually pretty good.  They even manage to reference the angry Hitler Youtube meme. Among the other highlights are a black man being dyed white, a giant space zeppelin, a Sarah Palin doppelganger for the POTUS, and my personal favorite, the UN scene where North Korea tries to take credit for the invading spaceships and everyone just laughs at them.

Yeah, he used to be black(er).

Basically it all leads to a massive space battle with the nations of the world kicking ass with their respective illegally militarized satellites.

See? 

Ultimately, the ending left me wondering, is Iron Sky really just a social commentary film about how greed and moral ambiguity has corrupted the world's leaders? Possibly, but more than likely it's just a really fun film to watch. Bonus points for using the actual dark side of the moon and actual lead zeppelins in two big references to classic rock I've ever seen.

3.5 out 5 Moon Nazis