Angeeel

I've seen all of the Puppetmaster movies! All 11 of them! This one is actually pretty decent, if not slow. It has the upsides of being original, having great F/X for its time, being pretty damn interesting overall and just being a good watchable movie.

If you have never seen this movie before and consider watching it, then watching all of the sequels; take a tip from someone who's seen them all - skip a few movies!

I'm not the cynical type. I'm actually the rare breed of people who can appreciate and actually enjoy a low-budget film. Or even a B-movie. Or even a D-movie! I've seen a lot of so called crap and some of it I loved. So I'm not saying this because I'm bitter and cynical - no. I'm saying this to save you those hours of your life that you'll never get back: Skip the following sequels. 1)"Puppet Master II" 2)All of the "Dollman" movies. Seriously. Just ignore them. 3)"Curse of the Puppet Master" 4)"Retro Puppet Master" (Unless you don't mind the screwed up time line this movie provides) 5)"Demonic Toys: Personal Demons" 6)"Puppet Master: Axis of Evil"

And to see what you've missed from not watching those movies, watch "Puppet Master: The Legacy". But you seriously wouldn't be missing a lot if you skip those movies. As a matter of fact, not watching those makes the entire series better! I wished I had done so when I was told to...

Okay... So this is, by far, not the worst Puppetmaster movie I've ever seen. The worst one was, and still is, Puppetmaster... ehhmm.. 5? "Curse of the Puppet Master". That one was also directed by David DeCoteau! I've said it before, I'll say it again: David DeCoteau sucks! "Curse of the Puppetmaster" was an insult to the series!

But "Axis of Evil" is just... bad. As pretty much any DeCoteau movie; it's bland and boring. The actors are awkward in their parts, the plot holes are all over the place and DeCoteau used the footage from the very first movie. For that I just want to slap him and go "No! Just.. no! You do not deserve to use that stock footage!"

On the other hand, the... Japanese woman's (I can't remember her name. That's how memorable her character was.) performance brings out the giggles in me every time she's on screen! Danny's Oscar-clip-crying-moment made me laugh so bad I had to pause the movie 'cause I couldn't focus. It was so hilarious I had to re-watch it over and over again! Jenna Gallaher's (Beth) acting went from decent to bad to horrible to just so bad it's funny in under 45 minutes. Taylor M. Graham's (Don) acting... how hard is it to play an asshole? Seriously? If you can't play a part that demands you to be all around annoying, then you might want to consider a career-change!

And the biggest plot hole of them all, for me personally is: If Danny took the puppets to L.A., how in the firetrucking ("Firetruck" starts with the letter "F" and ends with "uck". You figure it out!) hell did they get back to the inn for the second movie?!? I mean come on! Establish that! Have Danny take them or something! Anything! Don't just leave it with a "To be continued" ending! I forbid you to make sequels! I forbid you, damn it!!!

This movie is bad. It's just bad. Danny's crying, Japanese woman's and Beth's acting makes it all worth while though, so... a 3/10 just for that!

Seriously, if you've seen all of the sequels up to this one then there's nothing I can say that will make you not watch it. You, like me, just want to get it over with. But if you've never seen any Puppetmaster movies: Go away! Save yourself! Go watch... Go watch "House of the Dead"! Because.. seriously.. some of these sequels make Uwe Boll look good!

And lets all pray for no more sequels, shall we?