Wednesday, February 5, 2020

They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)


Mellow meandering piano music invites the viewer to enjoy mundane conversation between a couple people definitely well practiced in generally figuring stuff out. The woman is named Tony and the dude is Victor. Victor's mustache is a champ. We learn about the presence of fanatic pockets of nazis left over from the war, living in Mandoras. Okay. Then some doctors give a lesson on nerve gas.

Things get serious when there's a mysterious kidnapping and a guy got beat up. 

Tony stumbles upon some gangsters who look suspiciously like the Blues Brothers who've accidentally given prof Coleman an OD. She runs off to tell Victor over a phone call. These gangsters are also apparently nazis. Go figure. 

While searching for Tony, Victor runs into the old man from Punky Brewster, who tries to shoot him but Victor shoots first. Tony comes out of nowhere, she's shot too. How? Who knows. Victor takes off and is chased. Car chase. Victor crashes and dies. WTF.

Where's Hitler's brain??

Cut to a happy couple enjoying life. It's the professor's daughter and son in law. When they go outside, they're surprised by a stranger. They all decide to go for a car ride. The stranger gets shot in the neck in the most unlucky way possible, somehow. They ditch the corpse in a phone booth. 

A short plane ride later, the couple is in Mandoras. In their a hotel room, a guy sneaks in. A short fight later, he seems to be a buddy of the stranger shot in the car. He conveys a nice flashback and tells how Hitler's brain was saved!! 

It isn't too long before they learn of the nazi plot and prof Coleman is there, too, trying to wake up. The young couple is told that nazis are prepared to take over the world with cells they have in lots of countries! How is this orchestrated you wonder?! Hitler's brain!! In a glass case kept alive. Woot! The crazy moment we've been waiting for, only an hour into the movie. 

These nazis... it's like somebody ought to tell them their technology is 25 years old, their uniforms, the whole schtick, all out of date. Anyway, they have a plan to gas a town and kill everybody so they can build a base. Classic. 

Thankfully the Americans have some grenades and when Hitler and his buds try go gas the town, they're ready. They blow up the nazi helicopter and station wagon, effectively melting Hitler's face in the car wreck. Literally. 

Apparently this is enough to topple all nazi plans worldwide. 

Another nazi plot foiled! The End.

Overall They Saved Hitler's Brain is a boring movie with about 10 minutes of worthwhile hilarious footage. 






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