Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Buggy B — 16 Dec 2013

Well I didn't hate this but it wasn't great either. I actually enjoyed the beginning scenes with Conan as a boy with his father (Ron Perlman) but then as soon as he becomes Jason Mamoa it got super cheesy.

The action scenes in general were pretty meh, and I had a problem with the gratuitous spraying blood. I mean come on, men were getting stabbed through body armour yet blood was geysering everywhere, it was ridiculous.

Sadly this holds nothing on the original, in fact it would have done better as son of Conan or something because as much as I thought Mamoa was a good choice for a remake he just can't live up to Schwarzenegger.

Biggest disappointment, no enslaved pushing the giant wooden wheel of pain and growing muscles scene. 12.13 "I live. I love. I slay. I am content.".