“The Fist of the Condor” Movie Review

 

“The Fist of the Condor”

Movie Review

 

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza wrote and directed The Fist of the Condor, which stars Marko Zaror, Eyal Meyer, Gina Aguad, and Fernanda Urrejola in the key roles. The plot of the film concerns a group of martial artists from different parts of the world who are looking for a book that holds the earliest known techniques for overcoming the physical limitations of the human body. Between 2006 and 2014, the actors Marko Zaror and Ernesto Daz Espinoza collaborated on a number of movies, including Redeemer and Mirageman. Before reconciling with his old pal Ernesto, Zaror eventually departed Chile for Hollywood and performed in a number of roles.  And it's fortunate that he did because, according to rumors, his position in John Wick 4 was secured thanks to the initial Fist of the Condor trailer.

The Fist of the Condor, the sacred manual of Rumi Maki, the fighting style practiced by the Incas, is briefly described before the action shifts to a fight on a beach between Guerrero, played by Marko Zaror, and a rival who thinks he is the book's protector. Zaror informs him that the manual is actually held by his identical brother Gemelo after defeating him. And he desires to murder him. Gemelo, who is portrayed by Eyal Meyer, sends Kalari, who feels the same way, to kill his brother and get the book he thinks he's carrying. He is informed, "If he can't defeat you, he doesn't deserve to fight me," when he questions why Gemelo doesn't kill him himself.

The majority of The Fist of the Condor's story is told in flashbacks that take place during our hero's training under Gina Aguad's Mother Condor and the occasions that caused the brothers' alienation. The story is fairly well known. Of course, there are various fight scenes incorporated into this. Others are as random as someone going into a bar full of bikers who don't like outsiders while some are related to the movie's theme. Wernher Schurmann choreographed the fights, which had a lot of high-flying and acrobatic action. Both the pre-climactic fight between Kalari and Guerrero and the battles between Kalari and Master Wook are superb.

Yes, Kalari and Guerrero, rather than the two brothers, engage in the pivotal combat. The Fist of the Condor's print has the subtitle "Chapter One" even though it isn't on the poster, and the conclusion of their conflict as well as several significant pieces of information appear to be saved for the sequel.  It's frustrating and will result in disgruntled viewers, even though it's not as awful as Alienoid, where viewers discovered after two and a half hours that they were only viewing half of the tale. In order to avoid disappointment, adjust your expectations appropriately.

The Fist of the Condor, if you can get past that, is an engaging movie that makes the most of its modest resources and its small but skilled and eager cast. This is a more somber and reverent homage to classic kung fu movies than Karate Ghost, which was done in jest.

 

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