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Seen on: 06/03/2011

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Circle of Iron (1978)

Directed by Richard Moore

Fantasy

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Overview

In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge from Zetan, an evil wizard. Despite his lack of a sponsor, Cord’s rule-breaking nature leads him to try retrieving the book anyway. Help is offered by a mysterious blind man who gives advice as Cord fights his way through multiple opponents, discovering more about himself as he gets closer to Zetan.

Rated R | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Christopher Lee | David Carradine | Eli Wallach | Roddy McDowall | Paul Maslansky | Anthony De Longis | Donnie Williams | Jeff Cooper | Earl Maynard | Vincent Di Paolo | Erica Creer | Michael M. Vendrell | Heinz Bernard | Robert Gardner | Zipora Peled | Nissim Zohar | Leo Whang | Tom Ascensio | Dov Friedman | Jeremy Kaplan | Michal Nedivi | Kam Yuen | Larry S. Dratch | Elizabeth Motzkin | Ronen Nabah | Bobby Ne'eman

Viewing Notes

Circle of Iron is an odd fantasy movie focusing on a fighter’s quest for enlightenment. Based on a story idea by, among others, Bruce Lee and James Coburn (I know, right?), Circle of Iron is about Bruce Lee’s idea of Zen.

David Carradine in appears in four different roles, my favorite being Monkeyman, the leader of a tribe of monkey men whose costumes very much resemble those in the Japanese movie and TV series, Time of the Apes. The Monkeymen were by far my favorite part of the entire movie.

Jeff Cooper plays the main character, Cord, who’s supposed to be a bad-ass fighter. His fight scenes are hilariously bad, since he’s actually a pretty terrible fighter.

Eli Wallach, Christopher Lee and Roddy McDowall all make guest appearances in this as well.

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