First of all dont beleive all the harsh words that were said about this sequal. In myt opinion it is definently worth a watch. This one was creative and diffrent as each movie in the series. Puppet Master 5 was supposted to be the last one in the series. This was shot back to back with part 4 picking up right where part 4 ended. Director Jeff Burr does a great job behind the camera, able to pull off a few suspenseful moments, adds plenty of tension and throws in a few bloddy murders here and there. The acting remains reasonably above par for this type of film. GORDON CURRIE is perfection as Rick, the wiz kid set to become the new puppet master, while CHANDRA WEST is fun to watch as his girlfriend. The human villains are really fun to watch as well, especially the one playing the head of the company Rick works for, who has comes to Bodega Bay Inn to capture the puppets & their secret in order to sell it to the highest bidder. Sadly THERESA HILL who is rather talented who had her character put to good use in the last film, is wasted in her role as the psychic channeller Lauren. Since she spends the entire film in a coma, lying in a hospital bed. Her part could so easily have been written around since she serves the plot none at all. David Allen returns to do the stop motion animation & was clearly having a ball since the effects seen here are really something special & best of all TORCH is back (though where he was in Part 4 is never explained).
It's clear that FULL MOON deliberately took one film apart in order to make two movies, since there really isn't that much going on in Part 5, that it couldn't have been added to Part 4 to make one movie. The vast majority of the scenes here feature people walking down dark hallways looking for the puppets or stumbling around when running from the Totem demon, which added alongside a five minute flashback sequence, a three minute opening credits intro & a four minute closing credits sequence, & several pointless scenes of Sutek trying to bring the totem to life after several pelvic thrusts, scattered throughout the first forty minutes of the movie eats up a sizable chunk of the films sparse 80 minute running time. A lot of the footage here seemingly was padded in, to max out the films running time. Puppet Master 5 ends on what is probably the best note possible: a near-nonstop special effects extravaganza in which the puppets truly shine (if only for a time), followed by a heart-warming moment between all the leads. This was originally intended as the final film, and I almost wish it was, as it would have been a fun note to end on.
It's clear that FULL MOON deliberately took one film apart in order to make two movies, since there really isn't that much going on in Part 5, that it couldn't have been added to Part 4 to make one movie. The vast majority of the scenes here feature people walking down dark hallways looking for the puppets or stumbling around when running from the Totem demon, which added alongside a five minute flashback sequence, a three minute opening credits intro & a four minute closing credits sequence, & several pointless scenes of Sutek trying to bring the totem to life after several pelvic thrusts, scattered throughout the first forty minutes of the movie eats up a sizable chunk of the films sparse 80 minute running time. A lot of the footage here seemingly was padded in, to max out the films running time. Puppet Master 5 ends on what is probably the best note possible: a near-nonstop special effects extravaganza in which the puppets truly shine (if only for a time), followed by a heart-warming moment between all the leads. This was originally intended as the final film, and I almost wish it was, as it would have been a fun note to end on.
5.5/10
5/10 IMDB
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