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Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. The film, directed by John .. Read more

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cassandra Gaviola, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Sandahl Bergman
Director John Milius
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Conan The Barbarian

Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. The film, directed by John Milius, is vigorous and bloody sword-and-sorcery epic featuring Schwarzenegger's breakthrough role.

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cassandra Gaviola, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Sandahl Bergman, James Earl Jones, Gerry Lopez, Mako, William Smith, max von sydow (pres/narr), Max Von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Ben Davidson
Director John Milius
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Collections 100 Eighties Greats
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 18 Apr 2005
Production year: 1981
Format DVD

Conan The Barbarian (1981)

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Arnold Schwarzenegger may have ventured out in clothes since this movie, but here's how fans first remember him: bare and belted, a Nordic superman justified in his use of force to avenge his parents' deaths. Director John Milius quotes Nietzsche and ladles on the fantasy atmosphere with a Wagnerian flourish that's too heavyweight and humourless for its own good, and Big Arnie's, good. But the movie looks fabulous, rather like Arnie himself.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Intolerably doomladen, slow-moving and mainly unintelligible rubbish which failed to put a lift into the long-announced sword-and-sorcery cycle.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    The ultimate fantasy/hero film

    In my opinion this is the ultimate fantasy/hero film, it still looks great today and hasn't dated in the slightest. This was Arnie's first and still his best film (yes better than Terminator). He's just so perfect for the role of Conan and the script writers were right on the money by choosing to give him very little to say. Instead of the usual chatty - full of one-liners super hero, we have a dark brooding anti-hero who loves violence and has a lust for revenge.

    James Earl Jones puts in a stonking performance as the villain and the rest put in more than adequate perfomances considering almost none of them come from acting backgrounds but are made up for surfers, body builders and american football players.

    Ignore the terrible sequel to this film, the change in director and cast did Conan the Destoryer no favours at all. It's such a pity as there's so much left to the Conan story that we'll never get to see.

      • Alexander Howard from Nottingham
      • Posted 03 Jun 2005 17:28

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    Rated - 4 stars

    Crom!!!

    First of 2 Conan films. This stcks fairly close to Howards stories of our hero.

    Conan sees his family & tribe slaughtered by a gang of marauders and is taken into slavery from which he is eventually released. He embarks on a crusade of vengence. Story is simple. The characters are simple. The action is Bloody & violent. Just the way Roberet E. Howard wrote it in the 1930s. Loved every minute of it. Swords & Sorcery @ its best..

      • A customer from Essex, England
      • Posted 07 Apr 2005 18:24

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