El Condor is the rumored Mexican gold reserve hidden by Emperor Maximilian. Luke (Jim Brown) escapes from an Union work camp and sets off searching for it. He teams up with gold miner Jaroo (Lee Van Cleef) who is being chased by rivals. Jaroo claims to have a hundred Apache warrior friends. El Condor turns out to be a fortress run by Chavez (Patrick O'Neal) and Claudine (Marianna Hill) is his mistress.
I was looking forward to see a team-up between Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef. I'm not expecting greatness. At least, I'm not expecting it from Jim Brown. In this one, Lee Van Cleef is the disappointing one. His character is not that cool and Lee is such a cool actor. Jim Brown is who he is. The pairing is not that good. They are simply not friends. I'm just waiting for them to double-cross each other at the end of the movie. There is no way they couldn't see the Apache trying to pass themselves off as Mexicans. This is a B-western, but it could have been more. It does have lots of violence and mature subject matter.
I was looking forward to see a team-up between Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef. I'm not expecting greatness. At least, I'm not expecting it from Jim Brown. In this one, Lee Van Cleef is the disappointing one. His character is not that cool and Lee is such a cool actor. Jim Brown is who he is. The pairing is not that good. They are simply not friends. I'm just waiting for them to double-cross each other at the end of the movie. There is no way they couldn't see the Apache trying to pass themselves off as Mexicans. This is a B-western, but it could have been more. It does have lots of violence and mature subject matter.