Conan the Destroyer Movie

Conan the Destroyer
Rating:
Run Time: 108 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Released: 1984
Directors: Richard Fleischer
Genre/Type: Action
Adventure
Romantic Adventure
Sword-and-Sorcery
Fantasy Adventure
Producers: Dino de Laurentiis
Raffaella de Laurentiis
Edward R. Pressman
Plot Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen princess (Olivia D'Abo) and her powerful bodyguard (Wilt Chamberlain) to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagon. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro (Mako), the wild woman Zula (Grace Jones), and the inept Malak (Tracey Walter). Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan Jul 30, 1947 in Graz, Austria
Grace Jones Zula May 19, 1952 in Spanishtown, Jamaica
Wilt Chamberlain Bombaata Aug 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, PA
Mako Akiro "The Wizard" Dec 10, 1933 in Kobe, Japan
Tracey Walter Malak Nov 25, 1942 in Jersey City, NJ
Sarah Douglas Queen Taramis
Olivia D'Abo Princess Jehnna Jan 22, 1967 in London, England
Pat Roach Mom Ape/Thoh-Amon May 19, 1943 in Birmingham, England, UK
Jeff Corey Grand Vizier Aug 10, 1914 in New York City, NY
Sven Ole Thorsen Togra
Bruce Fleischer Village Heckler
Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne The Leader Mar 11, 1916 in Mayence, Germany
Valerie Quennessen The Princess
Sarah Miles Dec 31, 1941 in Ingatestone, Essex, England

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Review by Jason Gibner
While Conan the Destroyer is not quite the sequel fans expected to John Milius's ultimate sword-and-sorcery adventure, Conan the Barbarian, it still manages to win over an audience with its bizarre B-movie charm. Where Milius gave his adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Conan saga a dark, gritty, and deadly serious tone, this sequel, directed by Richard Fleischer, has a bright comic-book feel. Obviously intended for a younger audience weaned on He-Man cartoons, the film moves along at a rapid pace that would not be out of place in the world of Saturday-morning television. The fact that this film's audience is the young, and that this one doesn't have quite the budget of the first one, becomes apparent during a scene in which Conan fights a man in one of the worst monster masks ever seen onscreen. Also missing in this sequel is Milius's powerful dialogue, co-written by Oliver Stone, that gave Conan the Barbarian such an epic sense of scale. Despite these painfully obvious faults, the film, with co-stars like exotic '80s singer Grace Jones and basketball star Wilt Chamberlain as members of Conan's gang, is so gleefully goofy it's hard not to love. Made at a time when Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting skills had still not caught up with his level of worldwide stardom, Conan the Destroyer makes for a fascinating reminder of when his still-new film career was as powerful as Conan himself.
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