Review of Puppet Master 5

A re-hash of 'Puppetmaster IV" with some of the same boring characters from the previous movie. The inclusion of Ian McShane as Jennings does add some acting class but otherwise the same poor acting dribbles from the other members of the cast. Poor Teresa Hill as Lauren only has to lie in a hospital bed and scream or writhe occasionally. The plot is the same, consisting of more walking around the Bodega Bay hotel (laughingly using torches when there is lots of light) with the puppets assisting and minions of Sutekh in pursuit. The Sutekh character was excrucuiating and I didn't understand a word of his dialogue, monologues actually. Guy Rolfe as Toulon appears needlessly as a head now and then like a deus ex machina. The puppets steal the film as usual in these movies so kudos go to the actual puppet makers. An unnecessary movie in the franchise but surprisingly there were more films to string the viewer along.