Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Lee R — 24 Jul 2012

This only gets a rather generous one star because it's reasonably violent and has lots of boobies in it. Other than that its pretty wank.

This review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) was written by Lee R on 24 Jul 2012.

Conan the Barbarian has generally received mixed reviews.

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