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Some unemployed welders from Neptune arrive on Earth one day in a giant plastic thing that vaguely resembles a space craft, and attack a bunch of school kids all wearing black shorts, white shirts, and ties. They also have the uncanny ability to cry out for help, even though the movement of their lips never seem to match the words they utter. A guy wearing grey sweat clothes, a cape, and dark space goggles shows up, and kung-fu's the slow-moving pipe-welders into a hasty retreat.
The excitement of Neptune Men is only beginning. These silent automatons, led by a guy who wears an "angel-halo" thing on his welding mask, are here to (ready for this???) take over the world!!! They make attacks, and sometimes the super hero guy comes out of nowhere to help, other times he's nowhere to be found. However, the kids in the shorts are always there to scream at the invaders, wherever they may be at any given moment, and to cheer whenever they get the snot beaten out of them. Oh, and look for the scene where aliens strafe a building in what is suspiciously old footage from World War II: you'll know it when you see it; truly a masterful moment in film-making history.
There's a genius scientist who invents a special weapon, and a few other military guys, also a love-interest couple. Everyone acts under the advisement of the kids in shorts. Can these ruthless creatures from the eight planet be stopped? It all depends on whether or not the super hero guy is available on the day of the main attack, I guess.
score 6/10
MartianOctocretr5 4 December 2007
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