Conan is a warrior of a Cimmerian tribe that was all but extinguished due to the quest of an evil lord looking to make himself a god and bring back the witch wife that was burned before his eyes. Conan is a brute but a very cunning brute. In the book series he was hailed as the King of the Thieves because of how crafty he was. In this movie he shows a little of that but not much and as Arnold before him, he mostly relies on his strength to defeat his foes. This is a partial remake of an Arnold Schwarzenegger film done in the 80's being that it's mostly the same idea with a few details changed. They basically tried to beef it up with visuals to impress the audience in comparison of the original. I am a huge fan of the original even with its cheesy graphics. You just can't beat Arnold when it comes to a berserking barbarian, sorry but it's true. So I wouldn't say this movie was terrible. It was entertaining but in a "I like dumb blunt action" type of way. If you're bored watch it. If not I wouldn't go out of my way to see it. I give it 4 Ninja Stars out of 10 and recommend the original over this one.
-Diomedes
4 stars is right on target. Man was this terrible. All the good Momoa did in Game of Thrones, he forgot here. And what about Ron Perlman's C-section by single knife thrust into his wife's stomach? Wow.
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