The first “Iron Sky” movie was a genuinely amusing sci-fi/comedy with a witty script about Nazis on the Moon. However, “Iron Sky: The Coming Race” is just a mess. Parts of it are even more ludicrous than its predecessor while other parts almost feel like they were intended for a legitimate sci-fi movie. The whole thing is mashed together and it’s a real disappointment.

Set a few decades after the events of the first movie, “The Coming Race” shows that the world has been decimated by a nuclear war and the remnants of humanity have sought refuge on what’s left of the Nazi Moon base. Apparently, many of history’s most influential figures are actually alien reptiles that now reside on the inside of hollow Earth. They are guarding an energy that might just save what’s left of mankind.

The characters in this instalment are just not as entertaining as the ones in the first “Iron Sky”. I really did not care for Lara Rossi (“Robin Hood”) Obianaju Washington. Udo Kier (“Blade”) and Julia Dietze return from the first movie. Inside hollow Earth, we see a range of famous faces including Hitler, Idi Amin, the Pope, Osama bin Laden, Mark Zuckerberg and Margaret Thatcher.

“Iron Sky: The Coming Race” is all over the place. This is a film where a woman kung-fu kicks a dinosaur with Hitler on top of it but it’s also a film that feels like it’s trying to be the next big legitimate sci-fi blockbuster too. The absurdity this time round is just a little too much and the writing gets really sloppy at times. It’s not a particularly bad movie or anything like that but it is a significant step in the wrong direction. The original “Iron Sky” is arguably the definitive space Nazi comedy while “The Coming Race” just feels totally unneeded.