Iron Sky (2012) poster
2012 · action · comedy · sci-fi · space

Iron Sky

Directed by Timo Vuorensola1h 33m2012
ElsewhereIMDb5.999kRT42%
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • epic-stakes
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, extreme action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

Our read · Iron Sky (2012) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · comedy · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want absurd Nazi-on-the-moon B-movie satire that never takes itself seriously.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightCampy sci-fi and swastika jokes sound exhausting rather than funny tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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