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The Spaghetti Western Comes Home. (2002-09-12)  Lee Van Cleef had become a world wide star making "spaghetti" westerns when in 1970 Warner Bros. finally had the grand idea to bring him back to the home market in this early Jim Brown vehicle. Cleef plays determinedly against type in this film: his Jaroo is an aging two-bit thief and saddle-tramp, happy to nurse his dreams of someday hitting it rich, when Brown (an escaped convict and demolitions expert named Luke) comes looking for him to help raid "El Condor," the mythical fortress where the Emperor Maximillian supposedly stored his fortune of looted gold. Brown's character is clearly modelled after the amoral "Gringo" of the spaghetti westerns but, remarkably, receives even less development. Van Cleef is more complex--a fact reflected by his growing presence as the movie progresses. The plot is predictably ludicrous, the action entertaining, and the gender politics embarrassing. ("What do you want?" Brown asks the ex-mistress of the fort's commanding officer at one point. "Whatever you want," she answers, and then falls into bed with him--after performing a striptease for the Mexican army.) Cleef's portrayal makes the film worth watching-- he even manages to grant a degree of poignancy to the requisite ironic conclusion.
My favorite western film of all! (1999-06-11)  El Condor is my favorite western of all time. This has everything you could want in a western action film. Apaches, gold, Mexican bandidos and soldiers, larger than life heroes, beautiful women and a great score by Maurice Jarre, who also did the music for Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. There are a few details about the movie that are not logical, one of them plays a major part in the climax, so I will not reveal it, but you do not need logic to enjoy a film like this. I have watched El Condor dozens of times since first seeing it on TV as a little kid, and even in the face of giants such as The Wild Bunch and Good the Bad and the Ugly, El Condor is still my favorite western. I cannot understand how people can dislike this movie, but I have hardly ever seen a good review of it. Listen to me and not the other critics! If you like action and adventure, you will love El Condor!
super feature for van cleef fans! (1999-04-28) This film is loaded with surprises!! Leevan Cleef is great in this little gem.Mariana hill is georgeos!! Jim brown is in top form, a bit long, but worth a look.
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