An elderly toymaker (Lee Bane in unconvincing old make make-up) and the killer doll Robert that he created take on a bunch of Nazis on board a train in Germany in the early 1940's.
Sound good and exciting? Well, it just ain't. For starters, while the evocation of late 30's/early 40's Nazi Germany is pretty impressive considering the modest budget, the German accents are either terrible or nonexistent. This film further suffers from bland direction, a meandering story that unfolds at a lethargic pace, cheesy CGI blood, a talky and uneventful script, tin-eared profane dialogue, zero tension or creepy atmosphere, and a grossly implausible ending (there's no way the old toymaker could be alive in 2012!). Worst of all, the titular lethal doll is hardly in the movie. Bobby Cole's spirited shivery score and Jonathan McLaughlin's crisp widescreen cinematography are both up to par, but that's about it. A real clunker.
Sound good and exciting? Well, it just ain't. For starters, while the evocation of late 30's/early 40's Nazi Germany is pretty impressive considering the modest budget, the German accents are either terrible or nonexistent. This film further suffers from bland direction, a meandering story that unfolds at a lethargic pace, cheesy CGI blood, a talky and uneventful script, tin-eared profane dialogue, zero tension or creepy atmosphere, and a grossly implausible ending (there's no way the old toymaker could be alive in 2012!). Worst of all, the titular lethal doll is hardly in the movie. Bobby Cole's spirited shivery score and Jonathan McLaughlin's crisp widescreen cinematography are both up to par, but that's about it. A real clunker.