No one watching Fist of the Condor should expect great acting performances. This action flick delivers exactly what its intended audience wants: impressive martial arts and other adrenaline-packed stunts. The movie's story is mildly entertaining.

If you’re looking for 85 minutes of old-school action and the best pure martial arts movie of the year, look no further.

Everything in Fist of the Condor is slippery, itself and its opposite. The twin gimmick is less a kind of Fight Club-style projection than it is a reflection of unavoidable divisions, both in and around the text.

Fist of the Condor hits hard, and Zaror is primed to be the next big thing in action flicks.