Gripping story with well-crafted characters

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Arnold, said later in life it wasn't pleased with his Conan years, because his English wasn't good. Well, it was perfect for me when I saw this movie at an impressionable 11 years of age.I was an HBO child and turned off my Nintendo only to watch S&S flicks on HBO.This was one of those that earned the power off every time via TV Guide.I gave it a reduction in stars for corny (man-in-a-ape-suit) special effects, and a much to be desired smoke bird depiction. However, the choreography in combat and beyond beautiful females are par excellence. Even the thief comic relief manages to look cool in conveying in the ruckus, and Conan is an equal opportunity employer!I loved the fact that white & black barbarians worked in concert with an asian wizard to win in unity.We need more of that today.The big dopey monster at the end is a gas, but kinda stupid, so another star comes off. I think the film makers went too far in concept and not far enough in physical reality, but it is a personal favorite I cherish.

In this absurd film, Wilt Chamberlain who played the role of Bombaata was the worst basketball player who signed up for this role. His acting was just horrible to watch, so awkward and deadbeat, so painful to watch. The runner-up was the young female actress who played the princess role, so bad and so painful to watch.This 1984 film is worse than the 1982 Conan The Barbarian. The screenplay was bad enough, all the new characters created were just terrible. There were so many laughable details that only could let pass for its ridiculous fantasy genre. The princess must had a personal hair stylist, a costume designer, a seamstress to tailor her wardrobe and accompanied her in an RV along the journey. Arnold also performed worse than his prequel The Barbarian, lot of awkward and exaggerated facial expressions, looked more like a comedian or a drunk.

Conan the Destroyer is not a perfect 10 i give you that but it's still miles better than the 2011 garbage remake. The new cast is pretty fine but i kinda hated/loved Conan's new sidekick he was kinda annoying at times although Grace Jones was fantastic. My favorite scene is the one with the mirrors where Conan fights the Wizard pure epicness and the soundtrack was fantastic. This film got a PG-13 Rating and it was supposed to be the 2nd out of the 5 Conan movies but thanks to the poor box office and reviews the film flopped so 3,4 and 5 never happened. Is Conan 2 worth watching? Yes. Will you enjoy it as much as Conan the Barbarian? Well i don't know but it's still a cool movie and you should definitely watch it.

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.