Condor's Nest (2023)

If only they'd let the girl live too! That would've been the perfect end.

It's a Nazi revenging tale of the new age, which I thought would be a bit like 'Where Eagles Dare', but instead it was... a little too short, and a little too ridiculing of some enemies - though Bach in particular definitely did uphold his reputation till the end.

Death comes quickly though, when you least expect it, and that is one of the things that made this movie unexpectedly GOOD.

The characters are good, the sceneries are great - I'm not entirely convinced it takes place in the fifties but I definitely am convinced of the locations - some of the scenes remind me of the WWII Sniper Elite games, for one. As do the stereotype Nazis. But I don't mind. That's what you'd expect - and hope for - in a movie like this anyway.

They have one bad-ass showdown at the end too, but for one thing. It's... short. It doesn't feel it truly carried itself towards a peak. He just suddenly (SPOILER AHEAD) has his vengeance and then he leaves, and that's it... you didn't have time to start feeling the tension, or despair, or anything. The movie I thought this would be like handled that bit so much better.

(SPOILER ABOVE.)

The special effects aren't perfect either, but I do like it. The characters are the right kind of intense and/or calm and collected - depending on the requirements of each scene, the femme fatale from Mosad's perfect, they have some fine old cars, and planes, and yes those sceneries again...

Some names you might recognize: Arnold Vosloo, Michael Ironside (I recognize this one in particular), Jackson Rathbone, Jorge Garcia, Bruce Davison, James Urbaniak, Michael Tourek, and our main two heroes Jacob Keohane and Adrienne McQueen. Not sure I've seen either of them before - though Jacob looks familiar - but they were great here.

It really was a good one. Close 'fo shizzle'.

 rated 3.5/5: not bad at all

Licking the ammo clip btw? That was a bit... odd. Even for a Nazi.