Conan The Barbarian (2011) 7/10

Starring : Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan
Director : Marcus Nispel
Running Time : 113 mins

When his father Corin (Perlman) is murdered by a power hungry and sorcery obsessed bandit named Khalar Zym (Lang), young Cimmerian warrior Conan (Momoa) makes it his life’s duty to find the man and make him pay. In his mission for vengeance, Conan finds himself helping out a woman named Tamara (Nichols), whose blood is the source of Zym getting the power he so craves.

This adaptation of the adventures of Robert E Howard’s popular fantasy figure Conan is actually pretty good. There is a multi-layered storyline that is interesting to follow, and Momoa makes a pretty impressive lead. The slow introduction of fantasy elements is well handled and well-paced, even though the acting is a little hammy in places, and Rachel Nichols screaming did begin to grate on my nerves.

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