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Condor (1986)
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel
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Overview
In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow steals the national security code and threatens to blow up Hollywood unless her old enemy, Proctor, a Condor operative, is turned over to her.
Rated NR | Length 73 minutes
Actors
Ray Wise | Wendy Kilbourne | Vic Polizos | James Avery | Cassandra Gava | Craig Stevens | Carolyn Seymour | Shawn Michaels | Mario Roccuzzo | Catherine Battistone | Barbara Beckley | Diana Bellamy | Gene Bicknell | Myra Chason | Tony Epper
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/07/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Condor was one half of a sci-fi “west coast versus east coast” double feature I set up for myself on NWI. Both of the movies I chose (the other was Mutant Hunt) were made in the mid-80s; Condor in 1986 and Mutant Hunt in 1987. These two movies couldn’t have been more different.
Condor is set in L.A. and is obviously either a pilot for a never-made TV series or just a one-off made-for-TV movie. Everything about it is hokum, but there’s a bit of kitschy charm that helps it along.
All the tech and sci-fi is outlandish in a Buck Rogers sort of way; and kind of just tacked on to the outside of ‘80s L.A., which is humorous in and of itself. This is the kind of sci-fi we dreamed about when we were six or seven years old: full of cool, gee-whiz gimmickry like laser rifles and jet packs, computer controlled cars and silly robots.
Mutant Hunt, which I’ll get more into in it’s own review, is the total opposite. It’s the evil sci-fi future we feverishly dream about as teenagers, complete with killer cyborgs, pleasurebots, evil villians, and a generally dark and moody atmosphere.
That’s also a pretty good description of the differences between L.A. and New York City back in the ‘80s (maybe even now).
I can’t say I recommend anyone actually watch Condor; it’s too fluffy and silly to be much of a viewing pleasure; but it did work well as part of my double feature.
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