I Danced For Hitler, the first episode of bonkers Aussie wartime spy series Danger 5, opens with Nazi zeppelins stealing the Eiffel tower as part of a dastardly plot to make a massive monument to celebrate Hitler's birthday. So far, so daft.
We are then introduced to the heroes of the show—secret agents Tucker (Sean James Murphy), Claire (Amanda Simons), Ilsa (Natasa Ristic), Jackson (David Ashby) and Pierre (Aldo Mignone)—who are relaxing in their HQ when they are interrupted by eagle-headed Colonel Chestbridge (Tilman Vogler), who sends them on a mission to find out why the Nazis are stealing national monuments. And, if possible, to kill Hitler (Andreas Sobik). And it only gets sillier from hereon in.
Set in a 1960s interpretation of World War II, this half-hour(ish) show is a weird mish-mash of absurdist humour and trashy action, loaded with deliberately unconvincing special effects and surreal moments designed to appeal to a cult audience; the joke eventually starts to wear a little thin (even at only 25 minutes), but a bevy of sexy women and the occasional truly inspired moment of lunacy makes it fairly easy to stick with (although I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle two seasons of this random nonsense).
Most amusing moment: Hitler lying under a glass-topped coffee table waiting for his sexy captive Claire (if you don't think that's funny, you're obviously not as filthy-minded as I am).
5.5/10 rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
We are then introduced to the heroes of the show—secret agents Tucker (Sean James Murphy), Claire (Amanda Simons), Ilsa (Natasa Ristic), Jackson (David Ashby) and Pierre (Aldo Mignone)—who are relaxing in their HQ when they are interrupted by eagle-headed Colonel Chestbridge (Tilman Vogler), who sends them on a mission to find out why the Nazis are stealing national monuments. And, if possible, to kill Hitler (Andreas Sobik). And it only gets sillier from hereon in.
Set in a 1960s interpretation of World War II, this half-hour(ish) show is a weird mish-mash of absurdist humour and trashy action, loaded with deliberately unconvincing special effects and surreal moments designed to appeal to a cult audience; the joke eventually starts to wear a little thin (even at only 25 minutes), but a bevy of sexy women and the occasional truly inspired moment of lunacy makes it fairly easy to stick with (although I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle two seasons of this random nonsense).
Most amusing moment: Hitler lying under a glass-topped coffee table waiting for his sexy captive Claire (if you don't think that's funny, you're obviously not as filthy-minded as I am).
5.5/10 rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
