Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Scottishfox — 24 Aug 2011

This movie is closer to the REH version of Conan then the Ahnuld version from the 1980s. The music isn't as good and the directing is fairly bad. There are several scenes that jump without a smooth transition. That being said it is better than the movie from the 80s. The action is better. The choreography and the athleticism of the primary actors is dramatically better than the crowd of bodybuilders populating the 1st movie. Jason Mamoa can act circles around Arnold. Ron Perlman does a fantastic job and the kid playing teen Conan steals the show.

My only REAL gripe was the nature of the final fight scene. The environment is ludicrous, but it's not enough to really ding this movie after 90 mins of fantastic action scenes.