Puppet Master: Axis Termination is a 2017 film directed by Charles Band.[1] It is the twelfth film of the Puppet Master series. The film continues where Puppet Master X: Axis Rising left off.[2] It is the third and final installment of the Axis Trilogy.
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| Directed by | Charles Band |
| Written by | Roger Barron |
| Produced by | Charles Band |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editAfter the events of Axis Rising, Danny and Beth arrange to meet with Captain Brooks so that they can hand over puppets to be used in the American war effort. But a Nazi spy posing as Brooks arrives first, and fatally shoots Danny and mortally wounds Beth before Brooks arrives and kills him. With her dying words, Beth begs Brooks to look after the puppets.
Brooks takes the puppets back to his boss Captain Kip Hansard. There, Brooks discovers that the American army had been tipped off about the Nazis using the occult to give life to their own puppets; the Nazis had successfully killed an American general (Porter from the previous film) and eight American citizens. Hansard needs Brooks to work with a team of psychics led by Doctor Ivan Ivanov to find out how the puppets work, so that they can use the magic inside of them to help the American war effort. Brooks is not happy with this assignment, as he does not like being told what to do by a Russian 'dwarf' and also does not believe in living puppets or psychic phenomena. While he stays with them, he quickly began to gain their respect and believe in their powers, after Ivan's daughter had read his thoughts and brought back his horrific war incident.
A few days after he has settled in with the psychic group, there’s an explosion in a power station that had knocked out all of the power to the city, so they, along with Blade, Tunneler and Leech Woman go to the location to investigate. While they were there they are ambushed by Sturmbahnfurher Krabke, who is a psychic Nazi with stronger powers than any of them and he uses his magic to stun them all to the ground. They are rescued by Leech Woman who spits a leech onto his eye, allowing them to all escape and regroup. When they return home, they discover that Ivan's daughter had been kidnapped and the psychics use their powers to trace her location: an old mansion that a large group of Nazi spies are hiding.
Brooks, with the help of the puppets, raid the building kill as many of the Nazis as possible, before coming face to face with Krabke again. Krabke uses his powers to paralyze Brooks to the ground, but Pinhead grabs Krabke by the throat and chokes the life out of him. After killing most of the Nazis, they return home where they place the puppets into the trunk to rest.
Cast
edit- Tonya Kay - Doktor Gerde Ernst
- Paul Logan - Captain Brooks
- Jean Louise O'Sullivan - Beth
- Kevin Scott Allen - Sturmbahnfurher Krabke
- Tania Fox - Elisa Ivanov
- Kyle Devero - Corporal Saunders
- Rob Vardaro - Thomas Otterman
- Lilou Vos - Oberheller Friede Steitze
- Daniele Romer - Antoinette Longpre
- Nick Vernon - George
- Allen Perada - General Kip Hansard
- Mat Cruz - Greg
- George Appleby - Dr. Ivan
- Kip Canyon - Danny Coogan
- Josh Ludemann - Bobby
- Alynxia America - Georgina Vale
- David DeCoteau - Flamboyant Nazi #1
- Todd W. Fulkerson - Bartender
- Jessica Morris - Bar Patroness
- Robin Sydney - Bar Patroness
Featured Puppets
editAntagonists
editReception
editBloody Disgusting said, "Puppet Master: Axis Termination is arguably the strongest film of the “Axis Trilogy” (and notably directed by the series’ creator, Charles Band, at that), but that’s truly not saying much."[3]
References
edit- ^ Spiegel, Janel (29 August 2017). "Interview: Charles Band (Full Moon Direct-Puppet Master: Axis Termination)". Horrornews.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Puppet Master: Axis Termination (Full Moon Movie Review)". Trashmen Media. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Kurland, Daniel. "We Watched and Ranked Every Single 'Puppet Master' Film, Including 'The Littlest Reich'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 21 November 2023.