More than 10,000 Nazis fled to South America at the end of World War II, but the hero of Condor’s Nest is just looking for one of them in this revenge flick that is also full of intriguing side roads that introduce us to a German who can build an atomic bomb, and a female Mossad agent who knows her way around a weapon.
Not to mention one of the most notorious Nazis who was previously thought dead!
It starts in Nazi occupied France in 1944. American pilot Will Spalding(Jacob Keohane) and his crew go down in an empty field—mostly surviving. Until, that is, Nazi Colonel Martin Bach (Arnold Vosloo) shows up with his crew of soldiers who systematically kill most of the Americans. Only Spalding – watching from a distance in an abandoned house, has his life spared, but vows revenge.
Flash forward ten years to South America.
For reasons you’ll see, Spalding is joined by Albert, one of Hitler’s former atomic scientists, and Leyna, a Jewish MOSSAD agent. All have their own motives. Spalding wants his face to face with Colonel Bach, but it turns out (and I won’t reveal who) that a much more notorious member of Hitler’s cabinet is alive and well and hiding out in a mountain top fortress known as – can you guess? The Condor’s Nest.
The film turns out to be a good road film with double-double-double crossings, gorgeous scenery, and a satisfying conclusion. Good action sequences and locations.
Corinne Britti
If there is a complaint, it’s that there are way too many instances of people holding guns to others’ heads and instead of pulling the trigger; someone holds a gun to their head, and so on and so on. It brings to mind the Austin Powers observation of this same phenomenon.
Keohane looks a bit and sounds a bit like a lower tie Harrison Ford (he even has an Indiana Jones leather jacket!) but he carries the role. The supporting players fare better, but the whole thing is well acted and well produced.
Lately, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by modestly budgeted features with no stars, but solid journeymen actors.
Condor’s Nest is keeping that streak alive.
In theaters, on digital and On Demand January 27th