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An American combat aviator serves in Europe, and a decade after the fall of Nazi Germany, travels across South America in search of a war criminal and encounters more than he bargained for.An American combat aviator serves in Europe, and a decade after the fall of Nazi Germany, travels across South America in search of a war criminal and encounters more than he bargained for.An American combat aviator serves in Europe, and a decade after the fall of Nazi Germany, travels across South America in search of a war criminal and encounters more than he bargained for.
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I'll start on a couple of positive notes.
There are two good things about this movie: 1) It's in color, and 2) It ended.
I'd say about 33% of this film is people being held at gunpoint, 33% is people being shot in the head, and the final third is people yelling at each other.
There's one long stretch with Heinrich Himmler (who here looks like a dead ringer for Hitler, which he wasn't in real life) heading up a meeting of 10 or so old Nazis (all speaking German so you have to read the subtitles throughout, whereas it would have been a good place for them to just slip into English with a German accent.
There's a long opening scene in which, after the Americans' bomber crashes near the "front lines" in France but most of the crew survives, a really bad SS guy (you'll recognize him from one of the Mummy movies) shows up, holds the crew at gunpoint, then eventually shoots all of them in the head just for giggles. It sets the thematic tone for the whole movie.
And did I mention poor acting throughout the film? Yeah, it's there and it's pretty consistent.
I dunno - maybe 2 stars is a bit generous for this one.
There are two good things about this movie: 1) It's in color, and 2) It ended.
I'd say about 33% of this film is people being held at gunpoint, 33% is people being shot in the head, and the final third is people yelling at each other.
There's one long stretch with Heinrich Himmler (who here looks like a dead ringer for Hitler, which he wasn't in real life) heading up a meeting of 10 or so old Nazis (all speaking German so you have to read the subtitles throughout, whereas it would have been a good place for them to just slip into English with a German accent.
There's a long opening scene in which, after the Americans' bomber crashes near the "front lines" in France but most of the crew survives, a really bad SS guy (you'll recognize him from one of the Mummy movies) shows up, holds the crew at gunpoint, then eventually shoots all of them in the head just for giggles. It sets the thematic tone for the whole movie.
And did I mention poor acting throughout the film? Yeah, it's there and it's pretty consistent.
I dunno - maybe 2 stars is a bit generous for this one.
This began like some of the better WWII flicks and captured our attention. There is intrigue as we ferret out the plot. But somewhere in the middle it degenerated into too much soap opera, with the realization that there was a writers' addiction to regular and over-used pistol-to-the-head killing. The wife quit and left for bed halfway through. I should have, but hoped it would wash out better... it didn't.
There was some good acting, but the overall movie sank, especially near the end where the main character gets hold of a heavy gun and starts killing dozens of bad guys, bad guys with automatic rifles, and that are dumb enough to keep incessantly running into the open in front of him, as comrades fall under their feet.
As realistic and engaging as this thing started, it sure degraded into just another lousy unrealistic shoot ''em up by its finish.
There was some good acting, but the overall movie sank, especially near the end where the main character gets hold of a heavy gun and starts killing dozens of bad guys, bad guys with automatic rifles, and that are dumb enough to keep incessantly running into the open in front of him, as comrades fall under their feet.
As realistic and engaging as this thing started, it sure degraded into just another lousy unrealistic shoot ''em up by its finish.
CONDOR'S NEST follows the vengeance quest of an American pilot who watched his crew get murdered by a Nazi and travels through South America killing tons of crazy Nazis to find him. There, that's the plot, and, basically, the entire movie. You're welcome.
THE GOOD: Character actors abound in this one, and they save what otherwise might be a particularly grim affair; every Nazi of significance is played by some talented folks ranging from Jackson Rathbone to Bruce Davison, providing a splash of color to the story.
THE BAD: Lead actor Jacob Keohane does a fine enough job, but finds himself buried by the personalities around him. There's no room for him to breathe emotionally, and we end up with a competent actor playing a one-note character.
THE UGLY: This is, very obviously, not shot in South America.
CONCLUSION: it's fairly entertaining, but if you're looking for Ben Hur you're going to wind up disappointed.
THE GOOD: Character actors abound in this one, and they save what otherwise might be a particularly grim affair; every Nazi of significance is played by some talented folks ranging from Jackson Rathbone to Bruce Davison, providing a splash of color to the story.
THE BAD: Lead actor Jacob Keohane does a fine enough job, but finds himself buried by the personalities around him. There's no room for him to breathe emotionally, and we end up with a competent actor playing a one-note character.
THE UGLY: This is, very obviously, not shot in South America.
CONCLUSION: it's fairly entertaining, but if you're looking for Ben Hur you're going to wind up disappointed.
I watched this when I had nothing better to fo when not feeling well. It is mildly entertaining with one or two good moments but overall it's ridiculous hokum. Some of the scriptwriting is atrocious with plenty of tried and tested clichés accompanied by some fairly terrible acting. It did make it to the end but was left wondering why I didn't just read a good book instead! The two leading characters just about get away with their performances.
I did wonder why Vogel spent hours faffing about with fixing a car when there happened to be a handy light aircraft out the back on an equally convenient runway.
More plot holes than a Swiss cheese :)
I did wonder why Vogel spent hours faffing about with fixing a car when there happened to be a handy light aircraft out the back on an equally convenient runway.
More plot holes than a Swiss cheese :)
Condor's Nest promises us a trip across South America on an old-fashioned Nazi-hunting adventure and in spite of some deficiencies it delivers.
We're thrown into war-torn Europe in the film's opening scene, as the story's protagonist, Will Spalding, watches German colonel Martin Bach (Arnold Vosloo, more on that in a moment) gun down his entire platoon. Through an act of cowardice, Will alone survives.
Jump ten years later to Argentina and Will's killing runaway Nazis left and right, all in pursuit of that same Martin Bach. Enter an Israeli spy and a two-faced atomic scientist and things get complicated quick, a shaky alliance between the three culminating in a raid on a neo-Nazi fortress know as the Condor's Nest.
There's a lot of good things about this movie. It's well-paced, visually expansive, and its various arcs are compelling, if uninventive. There's even a few great things about it: its lead ensemble (Jacob Keohane, Al Pagano, Corinne Britti) is an absolute joy to watch, and Arnold Vosloo brings an incredible amount of presence to the role of the heavy. Add to that the movie's many notable character actors, from Michael Ironside to James Urbaniak, who help drive along the plot.
The bad? Well, it just wasn't terribly inventive. It's a stylized thriller that doesn't attempt to break any new ground. It could've been an 80's World War Two movie. And that's not a bad thing - in fact, I believe it's a strength - but if you're looking for something totally original you won't find it here.
We're thrown into war-torn Europe in the film's opening scene, as the story's protagonist, Will Spalding, watches German colonel Martin Bach (Arnold Vosloo, more on that in a moment) gun down his entire platoon. Through an act of cowardice, Will alone survives.
Jump ten years later to Argentina and Will's killing runaway Nazis left and right, all in pursuit of that same Martin Bach. Enter an Israeli spy and a two-faced atomic scientist and things get complicated quick, a shaky alliance between the three culminating in a raid on a neo-Nazi fortress know as the Condor's Nest.
There's a lot of good things about this movie. It's well-paced, visually expansive, and its various arcs are compelling, if uninventive. There's even a few great things about it: its lead ensemble (Jacob Keohane, Al Pagano, Corinne Britti) is an absolute joy to watch, and Arnold Vosloo brings an incredible amount of presence to the role of the heavy. Add to that the movie's many notable character actors, from Michael Ironside to James Urbaniak, who help drive along the plot.
The bad? Well, it just wasn't terribly inventive. It's a stylized thriller that doesn't attempt to break any new ground. It could've been an 80's World War Two movie. And that's not a bad thing - in fact, I believe it's a strength - but if you're looking for something totally original you won't find it here.
Did you know
- TriviaThe interior B17 scenes in the film's opening scene were shot in "Texas Raiders," a B17G bomber which the production team flew for several hours as they needed in-flight footage to match the continuity of the scene. Texas Raiders crashed in Houston a year later, making "Condor's Nest" the final film in which the airplane appears.
- GoofsIn some scenes Arnold Vosloos character uses Dutch/Afrikaans pronunciation of German words. Such as Gewehr/Geweer which means rifle in both languages. In German it is pronounced with a hard G but in Dutch/Afrikaans the G is pronounced like a ch.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $1,590
- Runtime
- 1h 42m(102 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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