Director Phil Blattenberger wears his love for the genre on his sleeve, but this allows him to outrun the film’s uneven execution and loose plot
American director Phil Blattenberger gets props here for stretching his budget clingfilm-thin to mount a respectable revival of a bygone genre: the you’ve-only-gone-and-blown-the-bloody-doors-off wartime 1960/70s action-adventure. Well, to be precise, the post-wartime action-adventure, with some sweeping pampas vistas and strategically deployed name casting – including a fleeting glimpse of old warhorse Michael Ironside – pepping up a South American Nazi hunt.
“They say the man who seeks revenge should dig two graves,” is the advice proffered to one-time allied sniper Will Spalding (Jacob Keohane). He is in Argentina to atone for failing to protect his B17 crewmates when they are downed near enemy lines. Torturing and assassinating his way down a list of German expats, he is hunting for Colonel Martin Bach (The Mummy’s...
American director Phil Blattenberger gets props here for stretching his budget clingfilm-thin to mount a respectable revival of a bygone genre: the you’ve-only-gone-and-blown-the-bloody-doors-off wartime 1960/70s action-adventure. Well, to be precise, the post-wartime action-adventure, with some sweeping pampas vistas and strategically deployed name casting – including a fleeting glimpse of old warhorse Michael Ironside – pepping up a South American Nazi hunt.
“They say the man who seeks revenge should dig two graves,” is the advice proffered to one-time allied sniper Will Spalding (Jacob Keohane). He is in Argentina to atone for failing to protect his B17 crewmates when they are downed near enemy lines. Torturing and assassinating his way down a list of German expats, he is hunting for Colonel Martin Bach (The Mummy’s...
- 3/13/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as the Condor's Nest. Phil Blattenberger's war action film Condor's Nest is coming to theatres, on digital, and On Demand on January 27th from Saban Films and Paramount Pictures. We have an exclusive clip to share with you today. Check it out, along with the trailer, down below. Jacob Keohane and Corinne Britti star with Al Pagano, James Urbaniak, with Jackson Rathbone, and Jorge Garcia, and Bruce Davison, and Michael Ironside, and Arnold Vosloo as the villain Nazi corporal. ...
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- 1/26/2023
- Screen Anarchy
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