Iron Sky

Author: Timo Vuorensola

There are Nazis on the Moon. Literal surviving Nazis on the Moon. That's the basic premise of Iron Sky, a science fiction comedy satire that skewered every political aspect of the world today. The Finnish film, which was a massive co-production of European production companies, took a classic science fiction model, the invasion of Earth from the Moon, and added layer upon layer of satirical political commentary. A Sarah Palin-analog as President of the USA who embraces one of the remaining Nazis, remaining Space Nazi, in as her right-hand man. We're shown the UN as a quibbling mass of backhanded confusion, and how racism is still with us, and even stranger when it's from Nazis who are divorced from their traditional belief structure. The actors are pitch-perfect in playing the comedy, but never descending too far into slapstick! Why it's on the list: Dark Finnish comedy is always a good thing, and Iron Sky doesn't disappoint as a comedy thrill ride.