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this episode 'Epilogue' is AWESOME

posted 10 years ago by jake-ryan1968
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Montalban plays a former U.S. Army Captain of Special Ops troops in Korea. Marvin was one of his 'boys' a real borderline homicidal killer in war and gym fitness instructor in peacetime - yeah, sure - Marvin doesn't believe in Peace. So Montalban goes after him and Marvin knows he's coming. the fight scene at the end is about ten minutes long in a dark gym with indoor pool. Equal to the fight scene in the original Manchurian Candidate between Sinatra and Henry Silva. wish we had these type of close in combat nowadays instead of the phoney crap with pixels, special effects and handguns with 5000 round clips (yeah, sure).

[–] telegonus (727) 2 years ago

Excellent episode, and thanks for mentioning it. The fight at the end of the show was riveting. Ricardo Montalban, not one of my favorite actors, rose to the occasion, as actor as well as, in the episode itself, fighter, splendidly going at it with Marvin, who early on looked much bigger and stronger, and yet Montalban seemed to literally grow over time as he fought. Strong stuff back in the day, and even today, nothing to sneeze at.