The REEL Planes(an occasional series)
Episode 3: The Philadelphia Experiment 2 and the "Phoenix"
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Brad Johnson stars in this time travel opus about a stealth fighter
that is sent back into time to 1943 where it falls into the hands of the
Nazis. They immediately use it to win WWII and turn the USA into a bleak
industrial outpost for their Third Reich.
 It
is up to the film's hero, David Herdeg (who seems to be immune to altered
time lines because of his unique DNA - a handy plot device to explain
away many of the paradoxes that are usually associated with time travel
movies) to restore things back to normal . Philadelphia Experiment 2 is
hard to watch (for me, anyway) and there are just too many plot holes
- enough to fly a Stealth fighter through! And why is it the Nazis are
such incredibly poor shots?
The ONLY thing that attracted me to this movie was the F-117 Stealth
fighter that appears in German markings. It was pretty tough for me to
sit through this movie just to see the few scenes that involved the aircraft.
So much so that I don't remember much about the movie until the end when
the "Phoenix", as the Germans called it, gets blown up. The
aircraft used in the movie was a full size prop and I can't vouch for
it's accuracy, although it looked pretty good on the small screen.
 I
used the 48th scale Testors F-117 kit to represent the "Phoenix",
and built it straight out of the box. The markings were the prewar red
band/white circle/swastika on the tails with crosses and unit codes in
the standard(!) locations on the wings & fuselage. I masked and painted
the red stripe/white circle on the tail and the remainder of the markings
came from decal spares box.
It's currently available on DVD. Save your money.
Notable quote: I don't remember any!
I give the overall movie a half a star only, but the "Phoenix"
scenes 2 stars(**).
The popcorn is on. See ya next time. |
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