If you're a Sean Connery fan, you have to see 'Zardoz' - not for the film; for him!! This meaty hunk of a man with his lean body and hairy chest is wearing nothing more than what looks like a nappy for almost the entire movie! Allow me to wipe the drool from my mouth...
'Zardoz' is about...uhm, well... its about Sean Connery in his underwear!!! No, seriously, this is a fantasy adventure set in 2293 where the world is divided between God-like immortals and farmers - or Brutals- who produce food for these immortals. The immortals live in luxury in a Vortex, but they've become bored.
Sean Connery stars as Zed, a brutal who finds his way into a giant stone head (supposedly a god to the brutals), and is taken into the Vortex - where no mortal has ever been. Arriving in the Vortex, Consuella (Charlotte Rampling) wants Zed destroyed. However, through voting from the other immortals, it is decided he should be kept alive for study purposes. (I would have liked to study him, too - in detail!!).
Originally believed to be an inferior "beast", the immortals discover Zed is in fact far superior to them, and that he holds the power to destroy them, if he wanted to.
'Zardoz' has a confusing plot. It is all very satirical, off course. It's a mix of modern and medieval. Much of the Vortex might as well have been a depiction of hell. The film is also a mockery of religion, so Christians might view it as blasphemy. There's no denying, this is a very weird film. The final moments, especially, are weird - to say the least!
You have to love some of the silly dialogue, for instance "Guns are good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seed and make new life...". There's also the scene where the immortals can't understand how a penis can go from flaccid to erect (what, so these immortal men can't?!!), so they show Zed sensual images, waiting for him to have an erection. (I would, too...). This scene has everyone - men included - looking at his crotch.
There are many funny moments and also unintentional funny moments. Ultimately, this is one fantasy adventure that's going to confuse the hell out of you, and which definitely is not going to satisfy everyone's palate. I can't really recommend this - unless you want to stare at a manly physique in the form of Sean Connery...
'Zardoz' is about...uhm, well... its about Sean Connery in his underwear!!! No, seriously, this is a fantasy adventure set in 2293 where the world is divided between God-like immortals and farmers - or Brutals- who produce food for these immortals. The immortals live in luxury in a Vortex, but they've become bored.
Sean Connery stars as Zed, a brutal who finds his way into a giant stone head (supposedly a god to the brutals), and is taken into the Vortex - where no mortal has ever been. Arriving in the Vortex, Consuella (Charlotte Rampling) wants Zed destroyed. However, through voting from the other immortals, it is decided he should be kept alive for study purposes. (I would have liked to study him, too - in detail!!).
Originally believed to be an inferior "beast", the immortals discover Zed is in fact far superior to them, and that he holds the power to destroy them, if he wanted to.
'Zardoz' has a confusing plot. It is all very satirical, off course. It's a mix of modern and medieval. Much of the Vortex might as well have been a depiction of hell. The film is also a mockery of religion, so Christians might view it as blasphemy. There's no denying, this is a very weird film. The final moments, especially, are weird - to say the least!
You have to love some of the silly dialogue, for instance "Guns are good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seed and make new life...". There's also the scene where the immortals can't understand how a penis can go from flaccid to erect (what, so these immortal men can't?!!), so they show Zed sensual images, waiting for him to have an erection. (I would, too...). This scene has everyone - men included - looking at his crotch.
There are many funny moments and also unintentional funny moments. Ultimately, this is one fantasy adventure that's going to confuse the hell out of you, and which definitely is not going to satisfy everyone's palate. I can't really recommend this - unless you want to stare at a manly physique in the form of Sean Connery...