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Conan the Barbarian
2011
Fantasy, Action
1h 53m
Based on the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard, this action-driven adventure breathes new life into the story of Conan the Barbarian, a warrior who rises to defend the people of Hyboria after evil forces slaughter his family and fellow villagers.
Directed by:
Marcus NispelConan the Barbarian
2011
Fantasy, Action
1h 53m
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Rated 08 May 2018
18
18th
Those lamentations you hear this time around are sadly, not from the women. :(
Rated 08 May 2018
Rated 27 Aug 2016
41
8th
It's either the stupidest film ever made or one of the best written/executed parodies of all time. The Howard-loving teen in me was crying the whole way through even as my body was laughing uncontrollably. As if that wasn't unsettling enough, seeing the text "written by Joshua Oppenheimer" at the end nearly gave me a stroke. To keep my brain from imploding I had to immediately triple check that it wasn't the same one who directed The Act of Killing.
Rated 27 Aug 2016
Rated 31 Aug 2011
55
32nd
Jason Momoa looks and moves like Conan should, but a hero is only as good as the villains he fights, and the two main antagonists are awful. The evil necromancer with his lame octopus mask and lame double scimitar did not seem that powerful or threatening, and his daughter looked like an extra from one of the Star Wars prequels. Their backstory is dumb too, but at least the action is good. Conan is graceful and powerful, Momoa can handle his sword, and there's tons of gore. Still disappointing.
Rated 31 Aug 2011
Rated 04 Oct 2020
72
30th
After this I'm not sure a great Conan movie can be made. This is more faithful to the character than the Arnold version. He's not just muscles: he uses his wits (for example: he keeps the girl for a reason); he's also a lithe climber who's often sneaking into lairs & we see all of that here. The CGI landscapes look amazing; the violence is brutal (but only the last 2 battles work) & there's even some nudity. What's the problem? Is it that Conan spawned so many imitators he's now just cliches?
Rated 04 Oct 2020
Rated 14 Dec 2018
20
5th
Probably my biggest cinematic guilty pleasure is the classic sword and sorcery genre ala Conan where the men are strong, the women are pretty and scantily dressed, and the villains are ugly and powerful with bonus points for magic. The remake of Conan has all the above, to misses two crucial elements: it has unfortunately fallen victim of the nowadays standard Hollywood formulaic uninspired writing, and also does not have enough strong men/scantily dressed women/ugly powerful villains. Still fun
Rated 14 Dec 2018
Rated 19 May 2017
19
4th
Commits the unforgivable sin of making the main character completely uninteresting. If all Conan does is mope and kill, why give a damn about him? A movie called Conan The Barbarian should be FUN; this is just a dire, mean-spirited, boring slog.
Rated 19 May 2017
Rated 30 Mar 2014
5
1st
This. This is the movie that made me realise that I am so done with movies that have female characters who start out kickass and then devolve into wilting lilies, who are so inept that they have to be told to run for their lives. Also, the rest of the movie is a total and utter mess, with subplots popping up and then going nowhere. Like they took first draft of the script and just went with it, never bothering to edit it. Down to the fact that the 'mask' is actually as helmet. Painful to watch.
Rated 30 Mar 2014
Rated 28 Aug 2011
58
23rd
Well what can I say. For me the the original is a one of the best movies ever. The new one tries it's best but sadly the main problem is with the story that doesn't grow at all. It's just action scenes after another. Some enemies look like that they can offer an enjoyable battle scenes but the camera work ruins most of them. Then the main villain is just too ordinary and could work in a tv-series but not on a big screen. Jason Momoa is okay as Conan but nothing to compare with Arnold.
Rated 28 Aug 2011
Rated 22 Aug 2011
0
4th
Honestly - I don't know what's worse; the action, the near-comical special effects, Rose McGowan's horrible performance, the weird editing, the unnatural pacing, the absence of a plot... I could go on, but I'd rather put this dull manathon behind me. I was literally bored after 15 minutes and I was no less bored at the end.
Rated 22 Aug 2011
Rated 20 Sep 2017
35
6th
This is NOT the Schwarzenegger classic. This is a sad excuse for a film, that does justice to nothing. I can rate this film as high as I do based solely on being a fucking nerd.
Rated 20 Sep 2017
Rated 11 Sep 2017
75
49th
This film isn't as bad as everyone says it is.
Rated 11 Sep 2017
Rated 09 Aug 2017
36
12th
Momoa is more than believable as a barbarian warrior; the movie itself is fairly unbelievable and indistinguishable from many other fantasy wannabe epics.
Rated 09 Aug 2017
Rated 11 Sep 2013
39
15th
Spectacular at times, but complete rubbish, predictable, way over the top and unbalanced mostly.
Rated 11 Sep 2013
Rated 12 Jan 2013
66
35th
Dumb but watchable and mildly entertaining.
Rated 12 Jan 2013
Rated 21 Oct 2012
73
20th
The action was okay. The actor lacked any charisma that Arnold had oozing out of his biceps. The storyline lacked the epic scope of the original. This is just a sad remake. Even the music of the original was awesome - I have the CD.
Rated 21 Oct 2012
Rated 09 Oct 2012
40
17th
Gentlemen, GENTLEMEN! Let's calm ourselves! Surely this movie isn't as horrible as my PSI of 12 suggested. I mean... Remember the original Conan? Barbarian Brothers? Nispel's own Pathfinder? or even Masters Of The Universe?
Rated 09 Oct 2012
Rated 17 Jun 2012
50
33rd
Kind of blah for an action movie.
Rated 17 Jun 2012
Rated 23 May 2012
83
66th
I didn't really have any high expectations while watching this movie. I did want to see it for Rachel Nichols, though. She did an excellent job in this movie. I was pleasantly surprised at how nice this movie looked. There were cool costumes and props and the settings were really sharp. The action was intense although, towards the end I was getting a little tired of sword fighting. The double-sword that the bad guy had was really interesting and Conan was quite the barbarian.
Rated 23 May 2012
Rated 15 May 2012
12
6th
Pretty damn terrible. I mean I can't deny there are occasional moments of non-terribleness, with some great locations and gruesomely Conan-ish violence, but overall it's just terrible. Granted, aside from James Earl Jones, the original had really bad acting but it did have an absolutely incredible score and superb art direction. This has bad acting, all around, without a great score or good art direction. Big disappointment but not surprising.
Rated 15 May 2012
Rated 20 Jan 2012
80
74th
My biggest complaint is that there should be no snow in a Conan movie, but other than that's there's not much to complain about. To all the critics out there: what did you expect? It's a friggin' swords and sorcery movie, this has pretty much everything you'd want from one. Oh yeah, I really could have done without Marique, I yelled for joy when she got her hand chopped off.
Rated 20 Jan 2012
Rated 17 Jan 2012
55
25th
Basically a video game movie. Conan moves from level to level, fight scene to fight scene, beating up whatever he can, until he reaches the boss (which he beats up), only to move on and do it all again in a new level. The fights are neat, but that's about it.
Rated 17 Jan 2012
Rated 03 Jan 2012
30
20th
This is mostly ugly looking blah. But all the scenes with Ron Pearlman are actually good. Every movie should have some Ron Pearlman. Also the villains are decent.
Rated 03 Jan 2012
Rated 11 Dec 2011
30
8th
nice locations, decent effects but extremely cheesy and predictable plot. The gore looks fake and the fight choreography looks like junk. Not even good as a "stuff face full of popcorn and stare at screen while blanking out" action flick. Crap.
Rated 11 Dec 2011
Rated 04 Dec 2011
21
6th
Poor remake, although it isn't the leads fault. There are actually some bright spots with some beautiful locations and creative ways to kill people.
Rated 04 Dec 2011
Rated 03 Dec 2011
30
25th
The new Conan was surprisingly dull. While it has all the gore and sex you'd expect, its not thrilling or fresh enough to be titillating. They also don't change Conan's origin story all that much from the Arnold version, and you can guess the course of the narrative a few minutes into the film. It could have benefited from one character betraying another, or maybe a new villain being revealed partway through the movie; Stephen Lang's character isn't as threatening as Jones's was.
Rated 03 Dec 2011
Rated 30 Nov 2011
50
21st
Rose McGowan trying to act, lololo. Conan the Continuity Error. I swear the cut and pasted the same CGI blood splatter on every other person being hit. One kill a guy gets a sword drawn across his chest, that same CGI blood spurt, he falls to the ground with no mark at all on him. LAAAAZY MOVIE wah wah wah whatever. THE OLDEN DAYS everyone walked around with rockin' knockers, EVERYONE.
Rated 30 Nov 2011
Rated 25 Nov 2011
6
1st
I think I owe Arnold Schwarzenegger an apology...
Rated 25 Nov 2011
Rated 08 Nov 2011
55
6th
What the hell??? Great special effects, mega cool scenery, some pretty good actors, and still we get this shit? It's the script.. trying to be funny at the wrong moment? WHyy???? I recognised the "trying to be semi funny"-Mummy-series-script.. Whats up with that? Soooo annoying. Also I thought it was pretty lame that the scene where Conan lost his father came back in the end where Conan had the choice of saving his girl.. PFffff. This movie could have been so much more!! Just change the script!
Rated 08 Nov 2011
Rated 03 Oct 2011
18
2nd
The only good thing about the movie is the Title animation. Seriously.
Rated 03 Oct 2011
Rated 01 Sep 2011
50
47th
I got what I expected out of Conan the Barbarian. I didn't get a plot or characters that had depth, instead, I got a bunch of inventive action scenes that kept me entertained for a couple of hours. Was it great? Absolutely not, but it could have been if the characters had been stronger. I can't deny that I had a fun time with Conan though, whether it be sitting back and enjoying the spectacle, or laughing at how ridiculous everything that happens was.
Rated 01 Sep 2011
Rated 25 Sep 2023
10
1st
Conan the Borebarian is an exercise in futility. It takes a generic fantasy world and does nothing clever or interesting with it. There is no humour, every character is two-dimensional and even the gore is PG-13. Everything in this movie you've already seen done better a million times in other movies. I figured it would at least be funny bad, but it only made me laugh once. Oh god, and it has narration by the insufferable Morgan Freeman too. Avoid at all costs.
Rated 25 Sep 2023
Rated 02 Sep 2023
64
15th
On the plus side: the scenery looks really nice, and Momoa can handle action scenes. Too bad they do nothing of value with it. McGowan severely miscast. I hold the director responsible; just look at his other productions.
Rated 02 Sep 2023
Rated 29 Mar 2021
25
9th
This new Conan the Barbarian was so indistinguishable from any recent Fantasy Action movie that honestly I wouldn't have guessed Jason Momoa was supposed to be Conan. There's no memorable score, most of the action is generic, it's poorly shot and filled with slo-mo, everything feels fake, and outside of some decent actors and maybe a fight or two, it's forgettable. You could tell with the original film there was heart and effort put into it, but this felt soulless and a waste of time.
Rated 29 Mar 2021
Rated 17 Jan 2021
62
24th
It's extremely cliched and shallow in plot, characters and its fantasy world. At least due to the almost constant action it rarely bores. Only near the end it starts to drag cause it overstays it welcome. The action scenes are , while being too gruesome for their own good, solidly entertaining. Jason Momoa is very well cast in the lead, maybe even better than Arnold. All with all just okay dumb fun, that luckily doesn't take itself seriously.
Rated 17 Jan 2021
Rated 06 Mar 2019
62
51st
Personally I'm glad they told a unique story here and I enjoyed a lot of the fantasy bits. Cleary it pales in comparison to the powerful story told in the ahnold version, but it is entertaining enough.
Rated 06 Mar 2019
Rated 28 Mar 2018
54
40th
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Rated 28 Mar 2018
Rated 16 Aug 2016
70
26th
I don't exactly hate it, but the movie is very very bad. It's very meatheaded and is kind of a grab-bag of bad fantasy tropes. It felt like it was trying to go back to it's pulp roots, but it just ended up coming across as schlocky.
Rated 16 Aug 2016
Rated 01 Jun 2015
70
18th
Marcus Nispel has kind of made himself an odd niche of unnecessary remakes.
Rated 01 Jun 2015
Rated 21 Mar 2015
10
1st
What a complete waste!
Rated 21 Mar 2015
Rated 10 Sep 2014
20
3rd
Sole point of interest was the hint of incestuous desire clearly present in one scene.
Rated 10 Sep 2014
Rated 18 Mar 2014
1
2nd
Conan The Barbarian is a horrible, pointless mess. I don't have much care for the original version and the Conan character hasn't ever done anything for me. So I had no sentiment or nostalgia at stake here. But what a complete waste of 90 minutes or so that I'll never get back. The whole cast is woeful and incapable of carrying the film and the script and story telling is completely un-engaging. This is ultimately just a 3D gimmick cash in on a forgotten and overrated franchise.
Rated 18 Mar 2014
Rated 03 Jan 2014
24
7th
While its relentless, gory violence is more faithful to the Robert E. Howard books, Conan the Barbarian forsakes three-dimensional characters, dialogue, and acting in favor of unnecessary 3D effects.
Rated 03 Jan 2014
Rated 25 Oct 2013
23
13th
Not that shabby of a story, but the storytelling is horribly fragmented and action-scenes are for the most part not flowing either - so quite primitive as a film, and I don't think that was the barbaric angle they were going for.
*Preview*: #13#, exp-2*, popcorn, source Howard/1, (cast), R2.
Rated 25 Oct 2013
Rated 02 Jun 2013
60
47th
I wanted to like it. But half of the fight scenes were boring to me (and the other half I liked, yes, that is why its an average rating.
Rated 02 Jun 2013
Rated 08 Apr 2013
77
44th
Was not expecting to like this film. It feels like an 80s film with today's graphics. Jason Momoa bring what he brought in Game of Thrones and more. He is brilliant in the role and The action was great. Again, was a little 80's in its plot, costumes, characters and script, but if you like that then its pretty awesome. If you're looking for testosterone filled action with some pretty cool actors, awesome fight scenes and next to no humour, then this is the film for you.
Rated 08 Apr 2013
Rated 13 Nov 2012
46
14th
Anyone who would try to compare this to the John Milius' helmed original is deluded.
Rated 13 Nov 2012
Rated 04 Sep 2012
70
2nd
one of the worst movies I ever saw .sorry :(
Rated 04 Sep 2012
Rated 19 Jul 2012
24
7th
I kind of like Momoa's performance, but the movie didn't know what tone it wanted to take and it was hard to get invested in what was going on. Could be a fun film for people who enjoy mindless violence, but that's pretty much the extent of its appeal.
Rated 19 Jul 2012
Rated 02 May 2012
72
48th
interesting take on a film that's part remake and part reboot. This isn't the high-fantasy tale of the 80's but it's still a great film in its own right.
FWIW; I didn't and won't watch the 3d version. Nor any other 3D film. Ever.
Rated 02 May 2012
Rated 22 Apr 2012
55
20th
Not as bad as i thought, not as good as Schwarzenegger, but the plot ruins it in the end.
Rated 22 Apr 2012
Rated 11 Mar 2012
30
1st
Not even bad in a funny way. Just bad.
Rated 11 Mar 2012
Rated 05 Feb 2012
20
1st
so pathetic...
Rated 05 Feb 2012
Rated 10 Jan 2012
72
43rd
I didn't expect this to be so fun. It's packed with action from start to finish, with over the top outfits and characters to fill in the scant downtime.
Rated 10 Jan 2012
Rated 09 Jan 2012
30
7th
3- not worth your time, not good
Rated 09 Jan 2012
Rated 24 Dec 2011
30
6th
The worst fan-fiction probably has more depth than this.
Rated 24 Dec 2011
Rated 19 Dec 2011
10
2nd
This is not a Conan movie. May be the similarity of the name. Conan needs Nolan!
Rated 19 Dec 2011
Rated 15 Dec 2011
70
10th
Nowhere as good as the original. Action was good in certain parts.
Rated 15 Dec 2011
Rated 15 Dec 2011
37
10th
The pacing and dialogue were horrid. It felt like several stitched together TV episodes. Still finished it though, since the action was adequate
Rated 15 Dec 2011
Rated 07 Dec 2011
30
6th
at some point someone approached tyler bates and said: "we're going to make a new conan and need you to score it! This is your chance to take a legend and make it your own, even exceed what has been done before!" now every decent human being would start laughing uncontrollably, stuff whatever paper he'd find lying around into his mouth and then jump out of the window. Not tyler bates. Not anyone involved in this disaster. Dear cast and crew: you suck.
Rated 07 Dec 2011
Rated 04 Dec 2011
38
19th
The first hour was great, then it got really silly. Almost like a B movie made with top notch special effects. The actors aren't bad, I just think the director can't inspire good acting.
Rated 04 Dec 2011
Rated 26 Nov 2011
45
21st
80s character design, cgi, angsty conan, silly conan plot, and 2011 style dont mesh well. Conan looked like he had a lot of eyeshadow and custom eyebrow sculpting. Average in every way.
Rated 26 Nov 2011
Rated 26 Nov 2011
60
39th
Holy shit I feel like I just watched the actual revamped Prince of Persia Sands of Time film. Weird. Evil King Guy + Daughter = Vizier Conan = Prince Sand Monsters = Sand Monsters Platforming = Platforming Dull bits between cool stuff = dull bits between cool stuff (lazy writing) Overall - it's OK, would watch again unless something more interesting was happening.
Rated 26 Nov 2011
Rated 21 Nov 2011
30
4th
runaway from this movie. it's a piece of shit.
Rated 21 Nov 2011
Rated 18 Nov 2011
50
24th
One of the worst A-movies ever in terms of script and acting!! I was waiting for the movie to end so I could go to sleep. I am a big conan fan and has been collecting conan magazines for a decade but in this movie they portraited Conan as a little pussy when he was grown up. I liked the first part of the movie when he was a kid but then he evolved into a spineless little bitch. Arnold is still teh Conan king!
Rated 18 Nov 2011
Rated 16 Nov 2011
59
54th
Far better than the original. And it isn't even close. In a film like this, sound and visuals count for a lot. The original film simply stunk visually, the music was wrong, and everything was just happening too slowly. Here, Jason Momoa is perfect in the role, (better than Arnold) and the landscapes, sound, pacing and action are excellent. As long as you are not expecting any profound insights into the human condition, this immersive popcorn flick is enjoyable from start to finish.
Rated 16 Nov 2011
Rated 16 Nov 2011
24
4th
mindless action, but not even entertaining, rather cheesy and boring
Rated 16 Nov 2011
Rated 15 Nov 2011
49
25th
There's some stuff in here that felt more 'Conanny' than the Arnie version, and it's nice that some minor characters don't stick around for the entire movie. Too bad the story and most of the characters are Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog levels of terrible. Rose McGowan almost managed to ruin the whole film by herself, but she got plenty of help. I thought Momoa was a pretty decent Conan, preventing this from becoming a true stinker.
Rated 15 Nov 2011
Rated 14 Nov 2011
40
38th
Thought the first Conan with Arnie wasn't good, nor did I think this one was good either. Can't really say I remember much of it, only that McGowan looked extremely stupid and had long nails. And that Conan had ridiculously large bitchtits
Rated 14 Nov 2011
Rated 14 Nov 2011
55
6th
As an old conan fan (Arnolds was better, but still far from good enough), this is such a damn f* waste, the "real" story is awesome and is perfect to build up a tense relationship with the character. Conan is supposed to be an asshole of few words, a ruler, a one man army in huge battlefields -until he celebrates being drunk and have sex with tons of girls. God damnit, bastards!
Rated 14 Nov 2011
Rated 14 Nov 2011
37
15th
A few cool action scenes and many more that could've been cool if not for the clueless director. Lang is good, Momoa decent.
Rated 14 Nov 2011
Rated 09 Nov 2011
9
6th
Some fine scenery, but Momoa was not as tough Conan as Schwarzenegger was. He's more close to Bo Derek's Tarzan. Too much shiny clean American teeth and shaved bodies. The amount of blood was like in Spartacus TV series but fighting scenes were pretty dull and badly choreographed. BTW, I never thought before what the name Conan means: Co-nan or Co-none, with nobody.
Rated 09 Nov 2011
Rated 09 Nov 2011
45
2nd
A remake of the 80's original starring Schwarzenegger, this movie has none of the feel of the original , just a whole lot of people wearing alot of make up doing alot of shouting. The only cool thing in this movie was the landscape shots... And perhaps Rose Mcgowan, but i got a soft spot cos she was in Scream, and i just love slashers!!Story : predictable, writing : horrible, acting : below standard (for most) etc, etc... Only for when your really bored....
Rated 09 Nov 2011
Rated 09 Nov 2011
21
10th
I'm a pretty big Conan fan, and...nah. Pretty low-rent stuff. Wretched writing and production values, and it's only a couple of (slumming) semi-big name co-stars that keeps this from occupying the bottom of the barrel with Ator, Kull, and all the rest.
Rated 09 Nov 2011
Rated 08 Nov 2011
50
7th
Momoa is just about the only reason to watch, everything about this flick from the music to the choreography was bland and boring.
Rated 08 Nov 2011
Rated 08 Nov 2011
72
49th
Enjoyable by most standarts. Pretty epic surroundings, plenty of battles, a truly hot chick with green eyes. The plot is simple and can be guessed at any point. The nemesis is cool and his drive is presented well, i like the final battles and the world itself.
Rated 08 Nov 2011
Rated 06 Nov 2011
20
9th
Some very cool CG vistas go to waste in this turkey.
Rated 06 Nov 2011
Rated 05 Nov 2011
49
1st
So inferior to the Conans of my childhood. Where's the fun? Where's the fear? Where's Valeria?
Rated 05 Nov 2011
Rated 27 Oct 2011
0
3rd
steal from here, steal from there but nothing... prefer watching tele tubbies...
Rated 27 Oct 2011
Rated 13 Oct 2011
10
9th
"Conan the Barbarian seems to have little interest in '30s pulp stories, and only a little more in cheesy '80s epics." - Jaime N. Christley
Rated 13 Oct 2011
Rated 14 Sep 2011
24
2nd
Well, there is simply no plot here and the greatest amount of blood since 300. And Momoa is not the problem: Nispel fails to direct even a film which is destined to be campy.
Rated 14 Sep 2011
Rated 14 Sep 2011
65
40th
The new Conan is played by personal favorite Jason Momoa. He is mostly very good in this, but a pretty poor script and annoying camerawork cheapens the movie a great deal.
Rated 14 Sep 2011
Rated 05 Sep 2011
20
12th
Weak conan and a awful story. Why change so much from the first one.
Rated 05 Sep 2011
Rated 04 Sep 2011
30
4th
By Krom, what cobblers is this. After a phoned in expo dump by Morgan Freeman, this starts quite well with the kid Conan being a junior badass and Ron Perlman. Jason Momoa even looks Conan-ish... and then it goes to hell. (Somehow) too much action which is shot too close and edited appalingly, characters vanishing in and out and the rotation of idiot balls amongst cast. I'll leave with this: Rose McGowan goes for scenery-chewing, misses and isn't the worst actor. Also, editing is BALLS.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
Rated 23 Aug 2011
100
51st
really good action 10 out of 10 the new guy does a good job and good storyline
Rated 23 Aug 2011
Rated 20 Aug 2011
19
81st
The 3D was basically flat. Waste of money on 3D! But the film was pretty fun! Great scenery, great fighting, not so great on the acting, but it's Conan the Barbarian! What did you expect?
Rated 20 Aug 2011
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