Hello there and welcome back to Day 5
of Puppet Master Week. It has been quite the whirlwind with fairly
decent writing in spite of a few continuity errors and a path of has
bounced our characters through various timelines. I admit having
somewhat of a guilty pleasure with this series and so perhaps I am
not as critical as I should be. We continue our story arc with the
continuation of the 4th movie when a new Puppet Master
Rick Myers has gain not only control of the puppets but the blessing
of Toulon to continue Myers independent research of the formula in
all that it may provide. Of course their is the matter of thwarting
Sutekh and that remains to go unpunished in that god/demon's eyes.
This is Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter.
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| Telling you these late night film session are wiping me out. |
Oh if only the tagline The Final
Chapter held sway or meaning in films. Just ask Jason Vorhees,Freddy
Kruger or those damn crocodiles from Lake Placid. After the
previous events of Puppet Master 4, Rick Myers (Gordon Currie
of Puppet Master 4, Blood & Donuts, Highwaymen and The Dark
Hours) is arrested for the deaths of Dr. Piper and Baker,
given he would have been the only one with access to either. Motive?
Well the police believe it simple enough that they were cutting him
out of the grant and potential success his A.I.work would have.
Enter Dr. Jennings (Ian Ogilvy of Withfinder General, Tom, Dick
and Harriet, Death Becomes Her, Walker, Texas Ranger, and The
Disappearance of Kevin Johnson) who decides in his lack of
wisdom to view Rick's story of the happenings of the nights leading
up with the discovery of Toulon' formula, the puppets and the chance
of those unrivaled treasures to be found, professes to dismiss Rick's
claims but clearly sees he did not cause these deaths.
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| Dane Cook's true form!! |
Meanwhile Sutekh, defeated by mere
mortals decides to get his claws dirty and creates a new Totem with
his own life force attached to it. Apparently he cannot leave Hell
without a homunculus or totem. Nothing strikes fear in the heart
than a creature maybe 24 inches tall. Suzie (Chandra West of
Kindred, The Embraced, The Gates, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe,
Hidden Moon and Played) is by Lauren's side when a vision of
Sutekh/Totem appears in the room outlining his intent on Rick, the
puppets and Hell probably anything or anyone standing in the way.
Unable to reach him, Suzie heads back to the hotel.
Jennings hellbent to get Toulon's
formula sends his rent-a-thugs to search the hotel and if needs be,
bounce Rick around until he coughs it up. With the spirit of Toulon
(Guy Rolfe) warning Rick of the impending danger, the
lad rouses the troops and prepares for the intruders and the totem.
Will Jennings get the formula for his
own insane lust for power? Will Sutekh unleash a mammoth can of
whoop ass? Will the puppets die protecting their new master?
We can converse about some trivia with
this film now. An entire day of filming was lost on due to the crew
walking off as their paychecks had bounced as a whole. The issue
was resolved expeditiously. David Allen of David Allen's Production
crew of animatronics and stop motion animation felt this was his
final installment to the films. In August 16th, 1999
the man who truly brought the puppets to life passed away.
Torch makes an appearance in this one and yes suspend disbelief for his absence in 4 as we did with Six-Shooter for the first two.
This movie was shot back to back with
Puppet Master 4 due to it was one movie broken into two that Full
Moon's own CEO Charles Band was scheduled to direct known as Puppet
Master: The Movie. Catchy title to be certain. Guess Puppet
Master: The Moving Pictures sounded hokey. As our final scene
establishes there is still more to come but for this reviewer, I am
done for the week.
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| JAZZ HANDS!!! |
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