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CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2011) - REVIEW

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Making a film called Conan The Barbarian and not expect people to compare and contrast it with... Conan The Barbarian is pretty dumb. Actually, a remake/reboot at this point really makes very little sense. Hell, if you're going to remake anything remake Conan The Destroyer or Red Sonja ! But oh well, we're here now and we'll just have to deal with it. This time around Jason Momoa (he was in Baywatch ) is our favourite barbarian and although physically the guy looks the part he's got about as much charisma as a cardboard cutout. Granted Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance in the original Conan was not exactly Oscar-worthy but it worked and Arnie had enough badass charm to make Conan feel like Conan and not just some blank generic action movie drone. And what a blank, generic action movie this remake is. The film lost me early on as we are led by a Morgan Freeman voice-over (penguins not included) into Conan's mum's uterus where baby foetus Conan is r

CONAN TV SERIES REVIEW - AGENT OF F.I.L.M.

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