Bubble gum for the brain ...
Added 3/19/2010
I didn't believe there could possibly be a movie that could be that much of an insult to the viewer. I was wrong.
Arnold was his usual stoic self. Chamberlain did his best [which wasn't much]. He looked as if he was constantly searching for a basketball. Mako was fine. The dialog was terrible and boring. It seemed all the virgin [Olivia d'Abo] could say was "Bombaata!" BORING! Arnold's comic sidekick was chilling in his inability to act and speak. The evil queen was wooden and her court advisors were barely two dimensional.
Save your money. Leave this one on the shelves and buy "Conan the Barbarian". "CtB" was a good example of pulp fiction movies. "CtD" was the exact opposite. El Stinko Deluxe. The ONLY value in the whole movie was Mako. Unfortunately, he wasn't enough to raise this one to even a two star rating.
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Swords Galore
Added 2/12/2010
Arnold at his best. Great sword play, good characters, a great story line and Arnold's muscles. An enjoyable fantasy.
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Conan the Destroyer
Added 1/16/2010
Conan is sent on a mission by a queen to accompany her princess daughter to a distant castle to retrieve some mysterious and magical gems. Unbeknownst to him, the queen has a plan to double-cross him and use her daughter for a sacrifice upon their return. Conan steps up for battle. This is a pretty entertaining movie, star characters and a twisted plot. I enjoyed it.
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When you combine Arnold, Wilt the Stilt, and Karen Arnold we guarantee you things will change
Added 11/5/2009
A couple years back Sid's first encounter with Conan didn't quite go as well as planned, especially in the eyes of the overly obsessed followers of the series. For some reason the original just didn't do it in the sense we were hoping for. After we posted a review we received more then a handful of vengeful basement dwellers looking to attack us for our opinion causing hours of laughter and enjoyment. Despite the first incident it only seemed fair to give Arnold a chance to redeem himself, and boy did he. By conventional Conan means this one may not be enjoyed, obviously by the obsessed section, but for people like us it should do just right. You get plenty of Arnold dialogue with plenty more action then we saw the first go round.
This time around we have Conan sent on a mission to save Princess Jehnna (best known to Sid for her roles as Karen Arnold and Betty Jo from Waynes World 2). Conan's on the mission in order to gain favor with an evil Queen named Taramis who has the powers to bring his deceased lover Maria Shriver. Obviously the Maria Shriver was a joke, so please don't get too serious over it and start casting spells on Sid. Anyway in order to complete his mission he gathers up a rogue crew complimented by the original a** man Wilt Chamberlain. It does provide plenty of laughs of the intentional/unintentional variety along with some good entertaining action.
Almost everyone who loves the whole Conan concept we certainly disagree with Sid when we say this one goes leaps and bounds above the original. Conan the Destroyer had the b element we were hoping for when we watched the original. Naturally we're not really into the whole magical fantasy type films, but still found enough to go four stars deep on this one. The addition of Karen Arnold was an absolute star simply from her being an amazing smoke show. Sid's always had a thing for her but had no idea of the sexy time powers she had back in 1984. The only thing the film could have used was a guest appearance from Wayne Arnold to push it to the 5 star maximum.
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Buy the Complete Quest instead
Added 1/13/2009
Note to everyone, it is cheaper to buy the Complete Quest. You get two movies for less than the price of one.
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Bubble gum for the brain ...
Added 3/19/2010
I didn't believe there could possibly be a movie that could be that much of an insult to the viewer. I was wrong.
Arnold was his usual stoic self. Chamberlain did his best [which wasn't much]. He looked as if he was constantly searching for a basketball. Mako was fine. The dialog was terrible and boring. It seemed all the virgin [Olivia d'Abo] could say was "Bombaata!" BORING! Arnold's comic sidekick was chilling in his inability to act and speak. The evil queen was wooden and her court advisors were barely two dimensional.
Save your money. Leave this one on the shelves and buy "Conan the Barbarian". "CtB" was a good example of pulp fiction movies. "CtD" was the exact opposite. El Stinko Deluxe. The ONLY value in the whole movie was Mako. Unfortunately, he wasn't enough to raise this one to even a two star rating.
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Swords Galore
Added 2/12/2010
Arnold at his best. Great sword play, good characters, a great story line and Arnold's muscles. An enjoyable fantasy.
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Conan the Destroyer
Added 1/16/2010
Conan is sent on a mission by a queen to accompany her princess daughter to a distant castle to retrieve some mysterious and magical gems. Unbeknownst to him, the queen has a plan to double-cross him and use her daughter for a sacrifice upon their return. Conan steps up for battle. This is a pretty entertaining movie, star characters and a twisted plot. I enjoyed it.
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