Circle of Iron 1978 123movies

Watch Circle of Iron 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – A young martial artist, Cord the Seeker, competes for and loses the right to go on a quest for the Book of All Knowlege held by a wizard named Zetan, but he goes along the path to seek Zetan anyway. Along the way, he meets strange tests and challenges by enemies and allies – often having difficulty determining which is which..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	5.7/10 Votes: 2,383
	38% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 41 Popularity: 6.219 | TMDB

Reviews:

THE SILENT FLUTE (Richard Moore, 1978) **1/2
I’d been intrigued by this one for some time due its being based on a story concocted by Bruce Lee and James Coburn; when it emerged as a “Special Edition” via the Blue Underground label, I had considered purchasing the DVD but somehow never got around to it. Eventually, CIRCLE OF IRON (as it’s better-known) was even expanded into a fully-loaded 2-Disc Set…but, then, I happened upon the original disc at a local rental outlet and finally decided to check it out.

As it happened, I was somewhat let down by the film: I’m all for exotic action/adventure stuff – a genre which got something of a revival during this era – but, despite the various trimmings (martial arts, mystical overtones, plus a number of rather superfluous cameo appearances by the likes of Roddy MacDowall, Eli Wallach and Christopher Lee), THE SILENT FLUTE came across as invincibly low-brow! Besides, while David Carradine is ostensibly the star (and even gets to play four different parts for no discernible reason!), the hero proper of the narrative was played a beefy protégé of his – Jeff Cooper – whose wooden performance here really drowned the film for me!!

The plot – the winner of a martial arts tournament is assigned the task of seeking the whereabouts of a famous wizard (played by horror legend Lee) who is in possession of an all-powerful book – sounds intriguing on paper but, to be honest, the way this plays out on screen it’s not terribly compelling; worse still, the denouement is a real cop-out! That said, the numerous action sequences and Carradine’s characterization of a blind shepherd (himself a martial arts champion) who guides Cooper on his danger-fraught journey make the film palatable for the most part.

Despite the obvious low-budget at his disposal, too, one-time-only director Moore (his more typical credit is as a cinematographer) lends the film reasonable visual style – accentuated by the expansive Israeli locations (which constitutes the film’s main asset along with Australian composer Bruce Smeaton’s beautiful score). As a matter of fact, Moore admits in the disc’s Audio Commentary that the main reason that seemed to have gotten him the assignment in the first place was because his background as a cameraman assured (in the eyes of the producers, at least) outstanding visuals!

THE SILENT FLUTE is, ultimately, a hodgepodge of disparate ideas (with its most bizarre element being Wallach’s masochistic “Man In Oil” and his diatribe on the virtues of a life without one’s own genitalia!) which don’t really jell and, consequently, it works only in fits and starts…

Yet Another Underrated Film
Circle of Iron is GOOD! If you enjoy fantasy films like Conan the Barbarian and martial arts films like Enter the Dragon then you may enjoy Circle of Iron! Four years before Conan the Barbarian there was Circle of Iron. In a way, the movies are sorta similar because they both have elements of fantasy like sorcery/mystic. And both the movies have a similar feel to their time periods.

The martial arts in the film tends to bring to mind the TV series Kung Fu (1972-75), which also starred David Carradine, or a Bruce Lee film like Enter the Dragon.

Basically if you enjoy a combination of drama, martial arts, fantasy, action and adventure you are sure to like Circle of Iron.

8.5/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 42 min (102 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Richard Moore
Writer Stirling Silliphant, Stanley Mann, Bruce Lee
Actors David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Berky Pathe Humphries Ltd., Israel, Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm