Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Jonathan B — 16 Apr 2018

Despite the potential for action and adventure, this remake is not a patch on the old Arnie version from back in the 1980s. After a reasonable good opening 10-15 minutes dealing with how Conan becomes orphaned, the movie rapidly becomes a dull parade of cliche and senseless gore.

Surely somebody can do better with this source material as the potential to tell a really exciting, intelligent and witty story is clearly there. Sadly, this version is pretty wide of the mark and barely passes as entertaining.