Conan the Barbarian (2011)
A second viewing for me with this film. The first time i fell asleep and its a much better film that way.
In a positive light this film looks good in fact it looks very good, the action scenes on the whole look realistic and are suitably frenetic.
So thats the end of the positives. The film is actually a bit of a disaster. After the opening twenty minutes whilst Conan is a boy the film loses any plot it may have mustered and becomes a rambling mess of a journey. Jason Momoa who has the thankless task of following Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscular hero portrays nothing in the way of on screen prescence and is instantly forgettable. Ron Perlman and Rose McGowan, the two "names" in the cast are wasted. McGowan in a nothing witch type role and Perlman is killed off early doors.
The lack of interesting plot and characters means Conan the Barbarian committed the worst crime a film can make. It was boring.
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