It’s corny and ridiculous, but generally quite fun if you’re in the mood. Other than that, you’re left with the impeccable Arnie and swooning teenager Olivia d’Abo.Ĭonan the Destroyer isn’t a film to remember unlike it’s predecessor, but that’s okay. Tracey Walter’s surprisingly British thief is just the worst, Grace Jones’ acting debut as Zula is surprisingly good, but wholly unnecessary, while Wilt Chamberlain was clearly only cast because of his height. Aiko’s the only other character besides Conan to reprise his role and he has like 2 lines. In Conan II, we’re left with Aiko the wizard, Zula the bandit, Malak the thief and the traitorous Bombaata. Why can only a 15-year-old girl touch the horn? Why is the crystal palace Wizard’s only power to turn himself into a weird mirror snake thing? Why does the big monster finale look like he belongs in an episode of Power Rangers? Who knows, but it’s all part of Conan the Destroyer‘s charm.Ĭonan I had a much better cast of companions, they felt like a group, or a family, everyone added something to the concoction. But as absurd as Mann’s story was, there was never a dull moment and it was still quite entertaining, in a popcorn guzzling B-movie way. In contrast, Stanley Mann’s script is hammy, ridiculous, heavily cliche’d and quite slow. John’s script for the original was barbaric, brutal, destructive and bloody, much like the stories. The good news is the action sequences in Conan the Destroyer still hold up, they’re well choreographed, well paced and quite frequent. As his journey progresses, Conan learns the horn is capable of resurrecting the god Dagoth (otherwise known as Andre the Giant), who would usher the world into a time of unspeakable evil, if unleashed. As a reward, Conan is promised the resurrection of his dead lover Valeria (a lie), but first, Conan will have to face his most brutal foe yet – former NBA center Wilt Chamberlain. In Conan II, our beloved barbarian is tasked with leading a 15-year-old girl to a magical horn, which only she can touch (insert innuendo here).
In that previous sentence lies the initial problem with Conan The Destroyer, the lack of original director and writer John Milius, who was busy with his acclaimed teen/war flick known as Red Dawn (1984). Due to the sheer popularity and commercial success of the original, it’s only natural that Universal Pictures wanted to fire up the sequel machine for another Ahhhhrnold-tastic adventure in ’84, with the Richard Fleischer directed Conan the Destroyer.
IMDB says: “Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.”Ĭonan the Barbarian (1982) was a landmark cult classic, one that inspired many others film-makers to revisit and recreate the swords and sorcery epic during the 80’s, just as John Milius had done in ’82. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Chamberlain, Grace Jones. And this time hes joined by a large cast that includes Grace Jones and Wilt Chamberlain.
When asked about the appeal of Conan the Barbarian, the answer was arguably not to be found in words spoken but in the man speaking them.Conan The Destroyer (1984) Directed by Richard Fleischer. Wilt Chamberlain was used as a starting point for this, as his 71.5 listing appears to be the most accurate of the three. : Conan the Destroyer DVD : Arnold Schwarzenegger. The famous narrative of American success, ornately decorated with a fantasy landscape, expensive costumes, set design, and violence, could have its hero played by no more appropriate actor. Schwarzenegger transformed the blood-soaked, half-naked demeanour of Howard's originals into the blood-soaked, half-naked demeanour of a man fighting against the odds of a foreign landscape. Cast & Crew Richard Fleischer, Richard FleischerDirector Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold SchwarzeneggerConan Grace Jones, Grace JonesZula Wilt Chamberlain. When Conan the Barbarian was released, the 33-year-old European actor and bodybuilder represented a side of America that America wanted to see: a young person entering the land of opportunity and using that opportunity to reach enormous success. The Schwarzenegger of the 1980s made the perfect star for the Conan films, the size of the actor almost a rite of passage in itself, bolstered, of course, even early in his career by a relatively good reputation and an impressively 'American' biography.
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