Stan Lee Presents - The Condor
by Steven E. Gordon
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Actor: Kathleen Barr, Maria Conchita Alonso, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Michael Dobson, Wilmer ValderramaDirector: Steven E. Gordon
Brand: Starz / Anchor Bay
Writer: Marv Wolfman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
DVD Reviews of Stan Lee Presents - The Condor
DVD Review: I've watched it and it's not good
Summary: 2 Stars
Stan Lee's The Condor is a valiant effort, but poor story-telling, poor voice directing, and cultural omissions, ruin it.
Valderrama may or may not be miscast. As the voice behind the hero of the movie, his performance greatly influences our perception and eventual acceptance of the character. Unfortunately, he gives Tony a slight drawl, which may or may not be a by-product of trying to sound soft-spoken. Tony ends up sounding like a sleepy or drugged out individual throughout the picture, especially during scenes requiring complex emotions such as his parents' death. Combined with the mexican, or perhaps Latin accent, it's almost offensive to Latin Americans in a stereo-typing way.
The accents highlight a problem with the characters. It is never explained of what nationality Tony's family is. Are they Mexican? Cuban? Columbian? It makes a difference because a pivotal plot device recognizes a uniqueness to a culture, but there is no indication what culture that is. While it's great to see some diversity in comic book heroes, ignoring the cultural influences to a character makes the effort pointless. Tony might as well be chinese and speaking with a Mexican accent.
Story-telling is incomplete. A certain amount of "suspension of disbelief" is required, but a few important plot holes exist and parts requiring reality, steer to the impossible. For example, when Tony's parents die, the police don't investigate and stay at the scene of the accident? Tony arrives and all the police are gone? Tony is also vehement his parents are excellent drivers and are the most stand-up citizens, yet so easily believe they could be doing something illegal.
Ultimately, we never identify with Tony. He's uninteresting and stupid when he shouldn't be. The background of skateboarding is supposed to appeal to kids, but he's an obnoxious, stupid adult who has sex with strange women. I'm not sure what kind of role-model he's supposed to be and the age of viewers he appeals to. He's certainly a terrible role model for Spanish-speaking Americans, embodying a number of bad stereotypes. His special abilities are also limited and uninteresting (he can skateboard really fast!). There's potential, but send this back to the drawing board.
Description of Stan Lee Presents - The Condor
Tony Valdez (voiced by Wilmer Valderrama) is a college dropout who turned his back on his family?s robotics corporation to become a champion skateboarder. But when his parents are murdered and Tony?s legs are destroyed in a brutal beating, he uses his father?s experimental NanoBot technology to walk again. Now as the superhuman skater known as the Condor, Tony must reconcile a crime fighting conscience with his rage for vengeance. What is the missing component to his parent?s DNA regeneration formula? Why is their sinister ValTech partner creating a race of adrenaline-crazed killers? And who is the depraved super-villain sworn to destroy Condor? Maria Conchita Alonso co-stars as the voice of Mrs. Valdez in this all-new superhero sensation written by Marv Wolfman (co-creator of TEEN TITANS and BLADE) from an explosive story by Executive Producer and comic book legend Stan Lee!Features: Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs Still Gallery Also on DVD Character Gallery Introduction by The Condor Creator Stan lee Meeting Of Two Giants: Stan Lee vs. Wilma Valderemma: The Making Of The Condor Motion Menus Outskating DVD Game
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