Remember the Cold War, when we were led to believe that Americans and Russians are so different from each other? Turns out that all that time we could have just made peace in a movie theater, watching spoofs like The Naked Gun and Airplane! together. Well, I guess the Russians could have only grown to love these kinds of comedies in the last 16 years, since the fall of the Soviet Union. But in any event, this trailer for the new film Hitler Kaput! shows that senses of humor are currently equal on both hemispheres. Even if our own latest parody, Superhero Movie, performed rather poorly at the box office over the weekend.
Presently, there are no plans for Hitler Kaput! to be distributed in the U.S. (it opens in Russia on April 10), but were it not for the language barrier, it would easily be popular here. Seeming like a cross between the classic Zucker Bros. spy movie parody Top Secret! and any post-Scary Movie spoof film, it looks just dumb enough to appeal to the masses. Perhaps it could sell as a cult-ready DVD release if the dialogue is dubbed instead of subtitled. Actually, considering the fact that we can tell what is going on in the trailer, despite it being in Russian, we probably don’t need dubbing or subtitles. Visual gags like the silly dancing Hitler, the photo of Sean Connery, the swastika eye patch and plenty of slapstick bits make the movie exportable just the way it is.
