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Conan the Barbarian (1982) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Conan the Barbarian (1982) a score of 3.1402 out of 4

based on (57) reviews

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Audio Revolution

'Conan the Barbarian' rouses all kinds of contradictory responses and comments. At once irritating and entertaining, it's also sophisticated and childish, imaginative and prosaic, exciting and ponderous, stunning and forgettable. It's hard to resist the ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Audio Revolution

ScifiWatch

A young boy is captured after having witnessed the brutal murder of his people, including his parents, at the hands of Thulsa Doom, head of the snake-cult Set. He is sold into slavery where he works throughout his childhood chained to the Wheel of Pain ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at ScifiWatch

Dante's Inferno

It seems only fitting that after watching a whole slew of Sword and Sorcery movies that I view this. after all, the popularity of this movie helped spawn a lot of the admittedly crappy Sword and Sorcery movies in the 80's. When this movie first went to ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Dante's Inferno

eFilmCritic

For most, a simple fantasy tale of a warrior, a cunning barbarian who's got a medieval putdown for every sword slice and a way with the ladies. But for some, an allegory for self-reliance and spiritual and personal strength. A great movie from the ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at eFilmCritic

Draxblog Movie Reviews

Disparity between popular and critically acclaimed movies isn't something that should catch any reviewer by surprise. On the other hand, sometimes things get a little bit personal. In my case, I was puzzled by the low rating of a movie I consider one of ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Draxblog Movie Reviews

eFilmCritic.com (The Grinch)

RevolutionSF (Joe Crowe)

I'll be blunt. "Conan the Barbarian" is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. It is part of the foundation of my genre movie interests and beliefs, right up there with "Superman the Movie," "Empire Strikes Back," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at RevolutionSF (Joe Crowe)

Teleport City Cinematics

I remember the scene as if it was yesterday, probably because not much has changed since it first happened. I was over at my friend Robby's house. Though we lived out in the sticks and couldn't get cable television yet, his family had a satellite dish ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Teleport City Cinematics

Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

On album, Conan the Barbarian has had another storied history. A very early CD was issued not long after the identical LPs hit stores in 1982. Most of the early Milan/MCA Records pressings came outside the United States, with the only CD ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

B-Movie Film Vault (Jordan Garren)

Wow... what a spectacular movie! After all these years, it still hasn't lost any of it's greatness. What makes it so great? Well first off, the casting! Every damn actor and actress in this film did a great job with their role. Not a single person was ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at B-Movie Film Vault (Jordan Garren)

Dragan Antulov

However, it looked like a good time for Dino de Laurentiis, Italian movie producer who saw megasuccess of Donner's SUPERMAN as an impulse to start making his own movie adaptations of popular comic books. His previous attempt in that direction, FLASH ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Dragan Antulov

DVD Verdict (Norman Short)

Conan the Barbarian is perhaps best known as the movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator II: Judgment Day, True Lies, Total Recall) famous. It transformed him from being known primarily as a body builder into a movie star. This film is much ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at DVD Verdict (Norman Short)

Robert B. Marks

I wish Hollywood still made films like _Conan the Barbarian_. Based loosely on the stories by Robert E. Howard, this film is an excellent example of the film-maker's art. Interestingly enough, the majority of the material for _Conan the Barbarian_ ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Robert B. Marks

Reel.com DVD review (Marc Fortier)

Though its brutish simplicity is what is best remembered about Conan the Barbarian, the film is legendary as the one that shot Arnold Schwarzenegger to superstardom. Now Universal presents undoubtedly the most in-depth DVD presentation of a ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Marc Fortier)

Kult Movie Maximus

Here's a really good movie and probably the most widely-seen as you're likely to find on my page. Extremely successful and endlessly, this film almost completely revived the genre of Sword & Sandal epics once so popular in the 50's and 60's. Arnold ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Kult Movie Maximus

BeyondHollywood.com

onan" is known for many things, one of which is making an international star out of a then unknown bodybuilder name Arnold Schwarzenegger; the other is setting the benchmark for all Barbarian films to come. After the success of "Conan," the markets were ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at BeyondHollywood.com

Shadow's B-Movie Graveyard

Conan the Barbarian is a fun film. Certainly it is the best example of the Swords and Sorcery subgenre of fantasy films. Beyond that, it exudes a certain brutal and primitive charm. Not to be over analyzed, it exists purely on a popcorn movie level. Even ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Shadow's B-Movie Graveyard

ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

You might want to avoid showing Conan to little kids, although it'll certainly appeal to them-they may find more in common with it than adults. ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)

Conan the Barbarian is fast paced, but at 129 minutes, it does take awhile for the thrust of the plot to get going. Still, all that action and a smattering of humor make this a great action flick and one of the best of its genre. ...read the complete Conan the Barbarian movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)

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