Eric Stevenson As someone who personally just found the original "Conan The Barbarian" film to just be mediocre, I didn't have high hopes for this film. It's probably because it's poorly paced and doesn't have interesting characters. The plot is that Conan is sent by an evil queen on some mission to resurrect his dead lover. He realizes he's being tricked and they're going to sacrifice her niece. Apparently, Wilt Chamberlain played a woman in this movie. Why don't they have a thumbnail image for him on this website? It's a really dumb casting choice. There's this one guy who's also really obnoxious and he reminded me of Rob Schneider.There actually is an interesting bit at the end where a sea monster god appears. What's fascinating is that the creator of "Conan The Barbarian" was friends with the creator of the Cthulhu mythos. They subtly referenced each other in their works. I'm wondering if the sea monster god that appears is supposed to be one of the creatures from the Cthulhu mythos. I so missed James Earl Jones from the last movie as this new villain was nowhere near as entertaining. Oh and happy tenth anniversary, Nostalgia Critic! I'm celebrating you by reviewing films you have already reviewed! *1/2

gavin6942 Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.When John Milius, director of "Conan the Barbarian", proved to be unavailable to direct the sequel, Dino De Laurentiis suggested Richard Fleischer to his daughter Raffaella De Laurentiis, who was producing Conan the Destroyer. Fleischer had already made "Barabbas" (1961) and "Mandingo" (1975) for Dino De Laurentiis. Yes, this is from the same guy who gave us "Mandingo"! From the first film, the violence and such was toned down, dropping from an R to a PG. Some would say this hurt the film, but I think it might actually be better. It makes it more fun and definitely more of a comic book or pulp story. Despite decreased sales, it apparently was good enough that they moved ahead with a part three (which was shelved, then reworked into "Kull") and "Red Sonja".

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in order, I come to 1985's Conan The Destroyer.Plot In A Paragraph: Conan.As a kid, I was Universal Studio's target audience for this movie. I loved the hell out of this movie as I kid, and I don't mind admitting at the time, I loved this one more, than the first movie. The comedy was a welcome relief, and the lack of blood never bothered me. I was also of the opinion that the first movies, where the characters were introduced and established were always duller affairs, and the sequels were better. I am ashamed to admit two of my favourite movies Rocky and Jaws fell in to that category back then. What did I know?? I still wasn't 10. Some of Arnie's acting is very improved here, however at times it's still awful. Grace Jones is just Grace Jones in a Conan movie. Olivia D'Abo is stunning, and does well in her first movie, it's no surprise that she had worked steadily through the years. I'm not sure as to why the same never happened to Wilt Chamberlain as he certainly wasn't bad. Sarah Douglas is OK hamming it up, Mako is OK too. Basil Poledouris score is catchier this time around too. Richard Fleischer does an adequate job of directing too. In his autobiography Total Recall, Arnie talks about how Universal had E.T on the brain, and were adamant that if Conan The Barbarian was rated PG, they would have sold 50 percent more tickets. John Milius wasn't around anymore, so Universal executives were very hands on. Arnie argued and argued against making a PG Conan. Money talks, and he was still under contract from the first movie (A ten year contract making a Conan every two years) so in his words he was "Stuck with it." That didn't stop him going all out promoting the first movie he received $1,million dollars for. He says he went on every TV show that would book him, and pestered his publicists to line up more appearances and interviews. Conan The Destroyer grossed $31 million at the domestic Box Office, by alienating the core audience, it was not the success Arnie wanted it to be or Universal expected it to be. It ended the year the 27th highest grossing movie of the year. A step back for Arnie, but it did out perform Sly's Rhinestone. The first time an Arnie movie out grossed a Sly one.

peacham Personally I prefer this film to the original. "Conan The Barbarian' was slow moving and,while James Earl Jones was excellent, Schwarzenegger was blatantly atrocious. Surrounded by the talent in this film you don't notice how bad he is as often.High marks are scored by Olivia D'Abo as the impudent Princess Jehnna, Sarah Douglas as the sexy,evil queen, and Mako in a comic turn as the Wizard and the stories narrator. Add Tracy Walters and you have a fine supporting cast.Grace Jones and WIolt Chamberlain add nothing to the film except a bit of visual diversity, Jones sneers a lot and Wilt just isn't much of an actor,although he comes off better than Schwarzenegger. The plot is nothing to speak of. Its been done before, but its fun,colorful and its not a bad way to pass 2 hours of your time.