Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Cacophony — 28 Aug 2011

This is a movie made by fans of the Arnold original, for fans of the original-- It's a great adventure story filled with otherworldly locations and characters. True to the 80's "classic," there are about 50 lines of dialogue in the entire movie, each delivered with the pith and candor of Mike Tyson's right hook, and if you can't raise your drink to that, I really don't know what to say.

The sound and action is visceral and bloodlust-inducing; it really feels like you're right there jamming a chunk of sharpened metal into some hapless grunt's coronal suture, and the score is blessedly Godsmack-free.

If you have any love of the original Conan: The Barbarian, you owe it to yourself to see this, but for the rest of you that can't seem to enjoy this, I truly, truly pity you.