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Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Directed by Marcus Nispel

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Most recently watched by krazykat, noahphex, seanCduregger, themarc, sleestakk, schofizzy

Overview

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Rated R | Length 113 minutes

Actors

Jason Momoa | Stephen Lang | Rachel Nichols | Ron Perlman | Rose McGowan | Bob Sapp | Leo Howard | Steven O'Donnell | Nonso Anozie | Raad Rawi | Laila Rouass | Saïd Taghmaoui | Milton Welsh | Borislav Iliev | Nathan Jones | Diana Lyubenova | Ioan Lov | Raicho Vasilev | Stanimir Stamatov | Nikolay Stanoev | Bashar Rahal | Morgan Freeman | Ivana Staneva | Alina Puscau | Zlatka Raikova | Anton Trendafilov | Aysun Aptulova | Daniel Rashev | Sam Hargrave | Jackson Spidell | Guillermo Grispo | Radoslav Parvanov | Teodora Duhovnikova | Shelly Varod | Tezdjan Ahmedova | Ulyana Chan | Yoanna Temelkova | Nadia Konakchieva | Petya Mlluseva | Ruslana Kaneva | Gloria Petkova | Zdravka Krastenyakova | Stanislav Pishtalov | Velimir Velev | Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov | Eric Laciste | Brian Andrew Mendoza | Nuo Sun | Kim Do | Gisella Marengo | Yoana Petrova | Vladimir Vladimirov | David Mason Chlopecki | Katarzyna Wolejnio | Alexandrina Vladova | Guerguina Ilieva | Stefka Berova | Vangelitsa Karadjova | Blagovesta Cakova | Svetlana Vasileva | Zornitsa Stoicheva | Zhenia Zheleva | Nikol Vasileva | Adriana Kalcheva | Mark Amos | Zlateto Keremedchieva | Raw Leiba | Radka Petkova | Paul Stefanov

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I wanted to like this movie more than I did. It’s not that I expected great things from it; but I was hoping for a coherent tale evocative of the world of Conan so well defined in Robert E. Howard’s books, and even in the various Conan comics.

The movie starts off well enough. I really enjoyed the first quarter of the film, which deals with young Conan and sets up the back story for the rest of the movie.

Most of the rest of the movie just feels like a series of set piece scenes tacked together only loosely. I don’t know how to describe it, other than to say the movie wasn’t compact enough to really drive the plot; nor was it deep enough to evoke the world of Conan. Both would have been great, but I’d have settled for either/or. Instead I got neither/nor.

Not a terrible movie, just not very satisfying either.

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