Mad Heidi

A crazy B-movie flick from Switzerland by fans for fans. A girl named Heidi is kidnapped by Nazis and moved to a harsh women's prison with harsh rules. Luckily she manages to escape, gets proper martial arts training and kicks everyone's ass with a halberd! The plot is silly and the visuals are very B-grade, but it's teeming with cool and original ideas, absurd and twisted humor, grotesque gore with practical effects, a heroic female protagonist, Swiss Nazis, allusions to Switzerland (chocolate, cheese, Swiss pocket knifes), 1970s nudity and a national obsession with cheese. Lactose intolerant people belongs behind bars! The action is good too, it has a very Rodriguez touch, like in Machete, Iron Sky, Sky Sharks – those who like that kind of shit, will come to their own here. Some of the lines are really crazy. Among the actors, Casper Van Dien as the dictator and the attractive Alice Lucy as Mad Heidi are great. A fun and twisted one-off for a narrower audience. Swissploitation first of its kind. 65%. (2022.12.25)