Condor's Nest

You have a rising star writer and director, and an extremely entertaining movie here. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie as a common movie watcher. I am not a critic or an expert, but at no point did I ever not like Condor's nest. It was fun, entertaining, and the acting was on point. You will not be disappointed it is as actually one of the better movies I have seen in a while. I understand in a limited budget a few things are going to picked apart by the critics and that authenticity of the scenes and characters will be brought into question, but at no point does it take away from the enjoyment of the movie. I just hope more people get to see this movie, and enjoy it as much as I did.

Talk about a banger. I honestly think this was a more serious, and better written version of Inglorious Bastards. I also learned a lot after researching more about Nazi history after watching this film. For example, I had no idea they ever fled to South America, so it seemed pretty accurate historically speaking. I also felt like it was the perfect combination of big named actors mixed with new fresh faced up and comers. The special effects were great, but not over done like a lot of other action movies. No predictable plot lines or tropes. Kept me guessing the whole movie. I highly recommend this film.

This movie started off serious, dare I say harrowing, but then became a comedy with quite a funny script as we finally approached the actual Condor's Nest. Some of the worst acting Ive ever seen and cast as the worst stereotypes. I don't know why they bothered with subtitles. It was some of the most moronic lines ever written. To say the acting is wooden is an understatement. I think when the actors look back at this terrible movie they will regret ever putting their names forward for the roles they played. Truly the worst movie that I've seen.in the past five years. My advice is to watch it for its comedic value!

A really powerful revenge story! Really kick ass actors and amazing visuals and locations !! Also a real fun ride! The perfect balance between a serious subject matter delivered with comedic relief just at the right times.. I would even go so far to say Phil Blattenberger cooks / directs with the talent of a Tarantino with a pinch of Spielberg.. I'm looking forward to seeing what this crew will do next! Arnold Vosloo and Jackson Rathbone as well as Jacob Keohane are killing it in this film... but everybody does. Blattenberger chose a kick ass ensemble in which even the smallest roles are shining. Thank you ! More please ! 8/10.

I saw this film in the theater and loved it. It has a very interesting premise and focuses on events after World War II with a portion that took place during the war. Most of the film is set in South America and features great scenery with some beautiful sets. Its like an adventure revenge film with lots of twists and turns that draws you in and keeps you on your toes. I am not a history buff, but I have read that some Nazi's fled to South America after they lost the war so I wonder if there is some truth behind the premise of the film. The film has great talent with solid acting featuring familiar faces and newcomers.

Nazis! South America! Secret agents! Car chases! Paramount Pictures has given us a fun title here in Condor's Nest, which takes us on a journey from Europe to South America, during WW2 and into the decade beyond, in a highly-stylized revenge-thriller. We follow protagonist Will, who's hunting nasty bad guy Colonel Bach (played brilliantly by Arnold Vosloo) and finds himself in the middle of a broader political conspiracy to revive the Nazi empire in Bolivia. There are some flat moments - a less-than-stellar car chase sequence comes to mind - and a few bits of lag where a tighter script could've made the difference, but the film is dotted with so many scene-stealing performances (Jackson Rathbone's meth-addled creepster comes to mind) and punchy beats that it's well worth the price of admission.

If Paramount Pictures places a movie in theaters there's some expectation of size and scale, especially for a movie that bills itself an action-thriller, but Condor's Nest falls short. Story: 6/10. Nothing original here, a very standard revenge story that gets a few extra points for surprising me at times. Performances: 7/10. This is the movie's strong point. Arnold Vosloo makes a great baddie. Newcomers Al Pagano and Corinne Britti bring deeply-needed color to an otherwise grim spectacle. Michael Ironside and Jorge Garcia have surprise cameos that drive the story along even if they aren't particularly memorable. Production: 3/10. Perhaps expectations were too high, but I had a hard time believing the car chase was real, that the plane was really crashing, that we were really in the 1950s. The cinematography is on point but even that can't save it from low-budget malaise. Final score 5/10.

This revenge story kept me glued to the screen trying to keep up with many motivations of different characters. Great scenery that was convincing of both 1944 France, Argentina, and Bolivia! The emotions of a crashing and crashed B17 behind enemy lines with a vicious squad of Nazi soldiers encountering his buddies was intense! Jacob Keohane as Will Spalding motivated to avenge his fellow airmen was intense as he encountered Albert Vogel played by Al Pagano in a tough but convincing role with his own agenda as a valued atomic bomb scientist! Pagano played various rolls within his roll depending on his deceptions he used to get what he wants. Great job! I won't give away the ending, but the movie proved to be more than satisfying!! Arnold Vosloo is one scary and convincing dude. I would love to meet him some day, but not in a dark alley!

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.

This is by far the worst attempt at a war film, that I'm guessing, was also trying to be funny in a Inglourious Basterds kind of way, but not even a smirk was cracked - more like cringe moments. This felt more like a long, dragged out bad SNL sketch. The 102 min runtime felt endless with terrible pacing and long dragged out and mostly unnecessary scenes. At best, this should've been a short film. The story was just flaccid, lame, and boring. I've seen better cast performances in a high school drama class, but I'm sure most of the blame falls on writer and director Phil Blattenberger's inexperience on how to direct his cast properly. I'm not sure why this nonsense was even made. The bogus high reviews are more entertaining. It's a very generous 3/10 from me, being very forgiving for many rookie mistakes by a newb filmmaker. Blattenberger should've at least consulted a more experienced filmmaker for the many needed areas of improvement.