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'Blade: The Iron Cross' [Blu-ray]
(Tania Fox, Vincent Cusimano, Griffin Blazi, et al / Blu-ray / NR / 2020 / Full Moon Pictures - MVD Visual)

Overview: Sick science, punishing puppets, clairvoyant crusaders and a legion of fascist zombies combine in this, the darkest and weirdest 'Puppet Master' film yet: 'Blade: The Iron Cross'!

Dr. Hauser, the Third Reich's maddest scientist, rises again with murder and mayhem on his mind. As the deranged Nazi doctor's perverse plot is revealed, psychic journalist Elisa Ivanov (Fox) awakens her own angel of death in Blade and together, maiden and marionette get set to hammer the evil Hauser back into hell where he belongs!

Blu-ray Verdict: That's right, folks, for the 12th official entry in the 'Puppet Master' series, this brand new one finally focuses exclusively on the franchises main Nazi-murdering marionette, Blade!

The simplistic plot line is that when the malevolent Dr. Hauser, the Third Reich’s maddest scientist, rises again with murder and mayhem still on his mind, psychic journalist Elisa Ivanov awakens her own Angel of death in Blade!

Together the pair set out on a bloody journey to stop Dr. Hauser’s sinister plot and hammer him back into hell where he belongs!

OK, sure, Director John Lechago delivers a rather hokey instalment in the vein of the Axis of Evil trilogy - in terms of production values and tone - but overall, it's EXACTLY what you purchased it for, trust me!

Indeed, Lechago does his best with the obviously low budget, but if less was more we'd have nothing on screen, so credit has to be given, as aforementioned.

As for Blade himself, well, in our 'Puppet Master' chat rooms, the general consensus that Blade's look here is just a little off, so to speak re: his look, his size, and such.

We fans actually have really great Blade puppets in our collections, but as this is a movie, and not stop-animatronics re: the use of "lifelike" puppets (no pun intended!), we'll let them slide on that small factor.

Clairvoyant crusader Elisa played by Ukrainian actress Tania Fox is notable and out acts the majority of the cast, both dressed and undressed, with relative ease! Oh, and both Vincent Cusimano (Detective Lieutenant Jonas Gray) and Angelica Briones' Gloria deserve a mention too.

However, and that all said, the solid music score by Richard Band is the main reason to watch this 'Puppet Master' spin-off, but ultimately, it's in desperate need of a high budget remake of the original to reignite the franchise, me thinks.

For it's totally unrecognizable when compared to 'Puppet Master' 1 & 2, but it is Blade's first solo outing, so we'll just have to wait and see where he goes, and how he fares, after this one has been digested by the fans! [AM] This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Director's Commentary
Behind The Scenes Videos
Trailers

Amazon Purchase Link

Official Trailer

www.FullMoonDirect.com

www.MVDvisual.com





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