The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot Review

On the whole, a pretty poor excuse for a film. But not the film I was expecting, so I will give the film some credit for surprising me.

The film takes place across two timelines and switches back and forth regularly. The start of the film was quite promising, but overall the film just felt disjointed and the pace was all wrong.

I much preferred the first half and I was particularly intrigued with the killing of Hitler. I lost interest in the second half and didn’t care for the ending. It felt like there was a lot of story missing from the film and yet if it had been any longer, I think it would have been a real struggle to watch.

In my opinion, Robert D. Krzykowski was simply too ambitious to try and merge these two completely different ideas. I would have much preferred either a film about killing Hitler, or a film about killing Bigfoot. I feel like there was so much more potential in each of the ideas than what was utilised in this film. As a result, it just felt like two unfinished films had been spliced together.

I was curious about what the significance of the stone in the shoe was… ultimately it was some vague, half-baked metaphor for regret... or emotional baggage... or unfinished business... who the fuck even knows?

It wasn’t all bad though. The swastika watch was hilarious. I could see these being extremely popular in certain circles. With a bit of crowdfunding, this could be a successful product. It could be called Swatch for short. Not sure whether it might be a hinderance that it doesn’t actually tell the time. Perhaps I’ll float the idea in my secret WhatsApp group chat first, to try and gauge interest.

I also really appreciated the self-assembly required pistol which seemed like a nod to The Man With the Golden Gun, but with an added hip flask silencer to dispel any allegations of plagiarism.

I’m sure the film must have had a fairly miniscule budget, but the bigfoot costume was just laughable. It looked like they’d dressed up a stuntman in a grey morph suit, doused him in PVA glue and then rolled him around a Scottish barber’s shop floor.

Also, when Bigfoot bites Barr’s left ear off, you literally see a few shots later that his left ear is perfectly intact and still attached to his head. I didn’t bother to rewind it, I just assumed that I’d mistakenly thought the piece of flesh was an ear – when in fact it was a chunk of his neck or something else. But the bandage over Barr’s left ear a few scenes later confirms that this is the worst continuity error that I’ve ever seen.

I suppose I shouldn’t be too critical of the film. All it ever promised was a man killing Hitler and then Bigfoot and it technically delivered.

2 broken pinkies out of 5