I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Strong and Moving!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's the end of World War II. Amid a shootout between American soldiers and his own troops, Dr. Josef Mengele escapes Germany in a plane with something in a weird-looking machine. Flash forward to modern day Antarctica where scientists Paige and Mark are out on the ice drilling for core samples, when they uncover the (surprisingly well-preserved) Nazi plane Mengele escaped in.Suddenly gas mask Nazis! The Nazis politely but firmly insist they come with them. And by politely I mean they clobber Mark and kidnap him and Paige, then throw a potato masher grenade to destroy the drill, the plane and the scientists' snowmobile. Except - it's an energy grenade! Boom! The evidence vanishes in a CGI explosion.They awaken in a dark cell somewhere. Nazi soldiers in gas masks come and take Mark away, where he ends up strapped to a table with our pal Dr. Mengele (who hasn't aged a day!), who surgically removes his face because reasons.Back at the scientists' base camp, we meet Paige's kinda sorta boyfriend, the flannel-shirted microbiologist Lucas, who butts heads with chief scientist, the very, very blonde Dr. Reistad (Jake Busey and his horse teeth) who is very much an ends-justifies-the-means kinda guy with a bad track record of losing his teams in reckless endeavors. The other scientists include Reistad's Norwegian mountain climber girlfriend Silje, Brian, Jewish scientist Blechman, curly-haired Rahul, May, and finally Angela.When Paige and Mark don't report in, they all pile into a sno-cat an drive off looking for them. They find the destroyed plane and stuff and follow the footprints that their friends' kidnappers helpfully left for them, which end at a great wonkin' hole which they climb down.Back in Nazi Land, Paige escapes her cell and discovers that Mark has been skinned (!) and his face has been transplanted onto Nazi soldier Hoederer. She's recaptured and Mengele is about to do something really nasty with a saw, until he realizes she's of German descent as well as a doctor, and is extremely interested in what she has to say about modern medicine.Meanwhile, the others discover Nazi Land is at the center of the Earth (just like the title) and consists of a gigantic cavern with a jungle and a huge artificial sun. They head towards some buildings and go inside the first one they come across and get surrounded by Nazis in gas masks, and then Mengele appears with Paige in a Nazi uniform. She's one of them now! And so is Reistad! Who knew the jerkish blonde guy with the Teutonic name was gonna turn into a Nazi!Mengele reveals he and his men are basically undead, kept alive by organ and tissue transplants, but they still keep rotting. He enlists the assistance of the captured scientists to help solve the problem of them decaying. Except Blechman. Upon learning he's Jewish, Mengele blasts him out of existence with his laser-firing Walther P38. 'Cause he's a dick like that.Can the others escape?!Ugh!It's like Wolfenstein and Iron Sky had a twisted mutant baby. One without a decent budget. Containing such cheerful things as a fetal abortion with a vacuum cleaner, zombie gang-rape, and two scenes of someone having their face ripped off, plus Robo-Hitler (!), Jake Busey as a mad scientist, zombies melting from being injected with flesh-eating bacteria, and a laser-firing Walther P38 that completely disintegrates people. I dunno if the movie is offensive, stupid, hilarious, disgusting, or somehow crazy- awesome... or all of the above. Did I mention zombie gangbang?

Given this is an asylum movie I expected it to merit a rating of 0 since most of their movies are absolutely horrendous. This one is slightly better as it's just plain awful. The story is ludicrous, the acting and the dialog is laughable...so much in fact that at times it appears that even the actors are having trouble keeping a straight face. Of course when I say actors I am using the term rather generously. So, as the name suggests the movie should be about Nazis at the centre of the earth. This is however misleading as they are not at the centre of the earth. They are about 300 feet down. Also they are zombies and cyborgs. So the name should be Zombie & Cyborg Nazis at the Centre of the Earth (with a Spacecraft). Yep, they have a spaceship. And they keep themselves alive by transplanting organs and skin from the people they capture in Antarctica. And of course they are planing world-domination using flesh eating bacteria. All this under the leadership of a robot Hitler. I swear I'm not making this up. The protagonists of the movie are a bunch of scientists who wear jeans and sneakers when in the snow. As one obviously does at one of the coldest places on earth. They get captured and some of them get forced to assist the Nazis with certain scientific problems whilst others are used for spare parts. And then they rebel....and I won't spoil the ending. The acting was terrible and the effects were bad. The story was ludicrous and so were the actions of most of the characters in the movie. And yet...this is not the worst Asylum movie out there. So definitely merits a rating of about 2.5 out of 10. Considering what the subject matter is and who made it, this makes it the best Asylum movie out there.

The good news is, Nazis at the Center of the Earth is not among The Asylum's worst. It did have a somewhat decent idea going for it, I can't ever class it as dull, it starts off alright, the gore is more imaginative than you'd expect and the photography is quite good. The bad news is, it's still not a good movie, even when I watched the movie knowing what to expect, mainly because The Asylum's already dubious reputation and also because of the weird title. While the photography is not bad, the special effects are, really bad. That is especially true of the cyborg. When it comes to how Nazis at the Center of the Earth was written that managed to be even more problematic. The dialogue is utter cheese from start to finish that has you laughing hysterically or rolling your eyes. Despite what people think and the constant "don't take this so seriously" jibes, I still found at times that the movie took itself too seriously. The story is ridiculous and while it doesn't bore you, you won't find anything surprising or new here, plus there are a number of touches like the abortion and rape that are incredibly distasteful. And if you are looking for credible science and history, look somewhere else, Nazis at the Center of the Earth manages to throw credibility out the window and present ideas that seemed good in hindights but are confusingly told. The characters are irritating and little more than cardboard stereotypes, while the actors give a masterclass in how not to act. So all in all, even when viewed in the right mindset and with an open mind, while nowhere near The Asylum's worst Nazis at the Center of the Earth is plagued by so many big problems that stop it from being good. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a team of masked storm troopers. They are dragged deep underground to a hidden continent in the center of the earth. Here Nazi survivors, their bodies a horrifying patchwork of decaying and regenerated flesh, are planning for the revival of the Third Reich.So, we have Jake Busey and some scientists and then there are Nazis -- including a robotic Adolf Hitler -- at the center of the Earth. This idea is crazy, of course, but completely in line with Nazi beliefs. They did, in fact, accept the idea of a hollow earth. (Well, some of them did -- I am sure many were smarter than that.) The graphics are sort of cheesy, the people who made this clearly did not know German... but then, it is a SyFy movie starring Jake Busey and a bunch of Nazis. You did not think this was gonna be good, did you? If anything ,it might be so bad it is good. Maybe.