Review of Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010) by Dave R — 30 Aug 2010

I love the Puppet Master movies myself, Blade is awesome, they all are in fact, and watching their somewhat jerky animation styles is just fun. Show me some puppets killing folks and I almost don't care what the story about.

As far as Axis Of Evil goes, well let's just say I'm glad I don't care about the story. It was a fun movie to watch, for sure, but the horrible acting from the Naxi's and Japanese geisha who are, in this film, attempting to both capture the puppets and their secret to living, and also blow up a building for the sake of World War II, made it a tad too silly at times. You can just watch the geisha trying her hardest to put up this tough exterior and be serious yet all the while dressed in a dress and white makeup, it just doesn't fly. However, you almost expect some of that in any good B movie, so it's not out of the ordinary and doesn't detract from the puppets.

As the story continues, a fellow with polio, who because of his disease is not able to go to the war himself, happens to be a good carpenter and finds the puppets and their secret, so they set out to aid the war on the homefront and destroy the enemies.

The story practically reveals itself as it's going on, no twists or surprises, but all in all, a good cheesy flick.