Puppet Master 11: Axis Termination (2017)

Director: Charles Band

Starring: Paul Logan, Tonya Kay, Kevin Scott Allen, Tania Fox

With classic characters like Blade, Jester, Pinhead, Tunneler and Leech Woman returning to thrill dedicated fans and general audiences alike. For the 11th installment in the series, Charles Band will be directing “Puppet Master: Axis Termination! Set in Los Angeles during World War II, “Axis Termination” continues the Axis Trilogy, which began with “Puppet Master: Axis of Evil” and continued with “Axis Rising”. This is the same time period as David DeCoteau’s classic “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge.” 

The 11th installment, the 5th film in chronological order, and the final in the Axis Trilogy. Although this is by no means a brilliant film, it is the best (by far) in the series since the original. This installment has a much darker tone than the stupid, comical ‘Axis Rising’, and has a lot more depth. Indeed a vast improvement on the previous Axis films. The acting and dialogue are much better, as well as the effects and tension. The puppets also look much better and are livelier, having been so stocky in previous films. In this installment Captain Brooks (Paul Logan) and a group of people with special powers battle against Nazi wizards to gain control of the puppet serum that is quickly running out. Nazi Puppets Wehrmacht, Bombshell and Blitzkrieg are back, as well. Unfortunately, I found the lighting in the film to be very poor. Hunky Paul Logan makes the film a lot more watchable, as well…