The main point of this relatively fresh film, released in 2012 Spring, is to parody the Nazis. They have built the ’Fourth Reich’ on the dark side of the Moon, after being defeated in 1945. The movie itself is set in 2018.
The movie is quite international: both German and English are spoken, since the film is done in co-operation with German, Finland and Australia. The protagonist Renate, along with James are the two main characters. Renate is at first an obedient nazi born in the Moon, but this changes after she visits the Earth. On the other hand, James is a black person visiting the Moon, where he is captured by the nazis and experimented. Both of them evolve during the film, at the end falling in love.
The genre is funnily science fiction, featuring lots of action and a few comic puns. The nazis have a super weapon, flying saucers and mindblowing headquarters. When these Moon nazis are finally discovered, massive warfare begins in the space, fitting for an action film. Overall the film and characters are very aesthetically pleasing, no sign of low-budget. Not so much for the plot and manuscript.
The film can be described as a trainwreck. What happens between the beginning and end of the film is largely irrelevant. Some plot twists serve no purpose at all, or are just plain stupid. Towards the end, Iron Sky becomes much more unrealistic, crazy and messy. To illustrate my point, the antagonist Klaus’ plan to conquer the world by spouting Nazi-like propaganda for The US presidents re-election campaign, is presumably meant to be smart, but I never saw any point in it. Klaus forgets this plan, kills a few people, suddenly becoming the new Führer. Ultimately the nations, who at first were allies, engage in an international nuclear war because of a dispute between a valuable resource on the Mo0n.
Iron Sky is somewhat entertaining way to spend time. It saddens me to see much greater characters and scenery to be shadowed by such an awful manuscript.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky