Conan the Barbarian (2011)

[mindless action movie]

Conan the Barbarian (2011)
IMDB- 5.2
Rotten tomatoes- 23
RJG Rating- 30

Conan ,a barbarian ,seeks vengence against a mighty ruler.

Starring- Jason Momoa,Rachel Nichols,Stephen Lang,Rose McGowan
Director- Marcus Nispel

Conan is the reboot of the 1982 movie of the same name which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Jason Momoa takes up the role of Conan.He is fit for the role ,all muscle & very less acting.The movie being a hack and slash movie theres not much need for any acting.Its all just glares and grunts and blood spurting out at the slightest touch.The supporting cast arent too great either.Rose McGowan's over acting is torturous.

Story is straight forward ,but its also filled with cliches of all kinds.Its highly predictable and any advances to bring a twist fails badly.The original story of Conan has its roots in magic ,monsters and so on.The movie spends most its time showing battles and sword fights ,but towards the end the writers seemed to have remembered that they forgot to add any magic or monsters.And so we have one or two scenes that involve Conan fighting monsters and sorcery,which uptill then didnt seem to exist.

Direction was very poor.The pace of the movie is slow and it rarely gets exciting.The running time of the movie seemed too long.And the overdose of fighting scenes can get boring towards the end.

Overall,this movie is strictly for action lovers but even they would find this boring.

Acting- 1.5/5
Story- 2/5
Direction- 1/5
Action- 3.5/5
Thriller- 2/5