(2003/Germany)
Reviewed By-Paul Cooke Director : Thilo Gosejohann Scripted : Simon Gosejohann & Thilo Gosejohann Starring : Thilo Gosejohann , Simon Gosejohann , Anke Engelke , Bela B. Felsenheimer , Frank Hoppe , Markus liedtke , Jan Hendrik Meyer , Christian Saftig & Sebastian Schroder Source: Legend Home Entertainment DVD Two Disc Set/Wide Screen Ratio Approx 1:77:1/German/ English Language Subtitles / Behind The Scenes / Photo Gallery /Special Effects Shop / At The Premiere / Movie Shorts By Makers /Film Sound Track Play List / Isolated scenes / Trailers
‘‘The toughest men have the biggest guns’’
Spread the word , post war flower power is alive and well and bundled up in a fluffy pink faux fur DVD package that should come with a health warning. The warning should read , watch the content of this proud to be loud special edition only if you can embrace the outlandishly fantastical with all your free spirited heart. It certainly helps to be of mellow mood and to be in touch with your multi transcendental sexual acceptability’s here , as this pink pantheon of Action / Comedy provocateur is so fabulously frivolous that even an insane person would be mad to miss it. The spirit of ‘Rambo’ lives on as the ugly side of war gets a Seventies styled disco face lift and a Euro flavoured enema. This Jolt cola of German budget movie making comes in the form of ‘Operation Dance Sensation’ , a film that hits the senses like a triple dose of caffeine straight to the hypothalamus.
Like stepping onto the set of a Troma production the scene is set amidst the Golden Triangle. The integral cast is introduced like a who’s who wannabe line up of The Village People. Something is awry in the jungle of Vietnam as American soldiers have gone AWOL and helped themselves to some Top Weapons !. Private Brian is given the task of one last mission to seek out the army drop outs and locate the fire power believed to be in their possession. Yes indeed it’s a witty play on ‘Saving Private Ryan’ , only in this version the saving part is soon overlooked !. Private Brian is assigned a rebel soldier of misfortune named Jackson and together they set off into the jungle with orders to bring back the renegades , and to locate the missing weapons. Nothing though is that simple in the world of Jackson , and from hereon in its National Lampoon meets John J. Rambo in the style of ‘Sledge Hammer’ , directed by a German variation of Antonio Margheriti during an Oktoberfest.
Jackson hits pay dirt as military drop outs Zorc and Atlas are uncovered. Its round one of the all frills fun fisticuffs and automatic overload bullet bathing battles as Jackson and Atlas square off for macho man of the century award. Whenever these two clash there’s casualties aplenty , but they are seemingly impervious to anything that is thrown at them , even at close range !.
The weapons horde is snuck out of the country and shipped back to America care of Zorc’s war buddy Ralf Eden. Twenty years later Zorc reappears and gets Atlas out of a prison work camp , where with tongue in cheek reference to ‘Rambo: First Blood Part 2’ Atlas asks if this time he gets to take out Jackson once and for all. The two unite in their quest to retrieve the weapons acquired in Vietnam and sell them to the Iraqi’s , who in this warped vision of world geographic placement has the USA right on the boundary of their country Iraq !. Situated right along the border of the two countries sits the disco club Dance Sensation and hidden within are the commandeered mass of weapons.
Since Vietnam life has continued to be a survival course for Jackson as he spends most days fighting off a never ending conveyor belt of Ninja !. Never has a movie seen so many men in black , and never has a movie had so many totally inept yet endlessly amusing Ninjas. Jackson deals with the Zorc employed assassins like shooting duck at the fair , and all the while he cares for his five year old daughter Meike. Jackson is reputedly single handidly responsible for killing eight per cent of the Vietcong and eight hundred Ninjas !. The forty eight year old canny war dog takes care of business in his stride and snuffs out the human cancer as effortlessly as puffing on his regime of cigarettes. Cutesy Meike is his pocket princess , smiling contentedly by Jackson’s side in her padded jacket , and wearing a pair of plastic star spangled glasses with pigtails to set off her loveable image.
The whole Fun lovin’ scenario is set up as a multitude of crazy face off’s predominantly between the zany cousins of catastrophe Atlas and Jackson. It is this winning formula combo that brings about the most memorable moments when they clash , and gratefully they come along at regular intervals. There is a classic Jerry Springer show type coming together as both men appear on a TV show that turns into a brawl , hilariously abating as Jackson requests a moment to kill a Ninja sat in the audience. Throw a birthday bash for Meike into the mix and even more Ninjas fall to the might of Jackson , but only after a game of pass the parcel with Atlas , Jackson and beset Ninja fodder sat around an outdoor table. Priceless visual humour all set off with bursts of Monty Python type violence.
Down at the club Dance Sensation the locals gather for a Seventies night disco competition dance off , where the judges are of course Ninjas !. Behind the scenes Zorc is dealing arms with the Iraqi’s , but its not long before Jackson clocks what is going on and he kits up to take down the bad guys. Almost out of nowhere a battling black leather clad babe steps in with government back up boys to aid the cause for good and there’s a rumble at the Dance Sensation. Knuckling down to the disco groove of top tub tapping tunes the fists fly along with the bullets , not to mention a splurge of bloody delight that showcases a neat body ripping moment by a launched rocket. Time for some early Peter Jackson type good old fashioned gore. Bring on the Ninjas !. Body fodder for Jackson’s unloading weapon and punch bags for the bodacious babe in black , set with a rack that welcomingly stretches the imagination.
Nothing stands in the way of the show stopping showdown between Atlas and Jackson , for what is the pro bono pay per view , Fun fuelled , final show stopper. Prepare to belly laugh as the meaning of weapons of mass destruction become all too apparent as the two square off with the biggest set of major crazy ass scaled guns this side of ‘Land Of The Giants’. This is what ‘B’ movie making on a budget is all about , goofball greatness on a scale that’s off the chart. When it comes to give it their all everyone concerned with ‘Operation Dance Sensation’ does so just for the shear Fun of it. Share in their Fun , make the world a better place by purchasing this ozone friendly Pink package now. The only other required consideration is to pick a side , Jackson or Atlas !?. Alternatively if you feel really sorry for them adopt a Ninja , there’s plenty to go around.
Film: 3.5 Pink Posing Points: Picture: 4.0 Pink Posing Points: Sound: 4.0 Pink Posing Points: Extras: 4.0 Pink Posing Points: Overall: 4.0 Pink Posing Points:
