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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Zardoz
Our Rating: 2 out of 5
In a nutshell:
Personally I'm not a huge fan of this movie, it's just too quirky (and 70s flavored) for my taste - but many people do seem to like it - and in its favor it does have some excellent cinematography.
Plot Synopsis (may include spoilers):
In the future, the human race has split into two groups: A race of barbarians, and a race of immortals who suffer from debilitating boredom. One of the barbarians (played by Sean Connery) is brought to the realm of the immortals.
Best Bits:
- Cinematography of Ireland
Worst Bits:
- Bizarre plot - To me it didn't seem to quite make sense
- Sean Connery's costume
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Zardoz
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 | Directed by John Boorman Featuring Sean Connery, Sara Kestelman & Sally Anne Newton Fox Released: 2001-03-27 DVD Product Description: The delicate balance between the intellectual Eternals and the earthy Brutals in a fantasy/future world is upset when Zed finds a way to cross into the Vortex. Genre: Science Fiction Rating: R Release Date: 17-DEC-2002 Media Type: DVD List Price: $9.98* Lowest New Price: $4.59* Lowest Used Price: $4.23* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 18:33 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
![Zardoz [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M1VYRMB8L._SL160_.jpg) | Directed by John Boorman Featuring Sean Connery, Sara Kestelman & Sally Anne Newton 20th Century Fox Released: 1998-01-01 VHS Tape Amazon.com: A bewigged Sean Connery is Zed, a savage "exterminator" commanded by the mysterious god Zardoz to eliminate Brutals, survivors of an unspecified worldwide catastrophe. Zed stows away inside Zardoz's enormous idol (a flying stone head) and is taken to the pastoral land of the Eternals, a matriarchal, quasi-medieval society that has achieved psychic abilities as well as immortality. Zed finds as much hope as disgust with the Eternals; their advancements have also robbed them of physical passion, turning their existence into a living death. Zed becomes the Eternals' unlikely messiah, but in order to save them--and himself--he must confront the truth behind Zardoz and his own identity inside the Tabernacle, the Eternals' omnipresent master computer. A box office failure, John Boorman's Zardoz has developed a cult following among science fiction fans whose tastes run toward more cerebral fare, such as The Andromeda Strain and Phase IV. An entrancing if overly ambitious (by Boorman's own admission) film, Zardoz offers pointed commentary on class structure and religion inside its complex plot and head-movie visuals; its healthy doses of sex and violence will involve viewers even if the story machinations escape them. Beautifully photographed near Boorman's home in Ireland's Wicklow Mountains by Geoffrey Unsworth (2001), its production design is courtesy of longtime Boorman associate Anthony Pratt, who creates a believable society within the film's million-dollar budget. The letterboxed DVD presentation includes engaging commentary by Boorman, who discusses the special effects (all created in-camera) as well as working with a post-Bond Connery. --Paul Gaita |
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