CONAN THE BARBARIAN

     JASON MOMOA  RON PERLMAN  STEPHEN LANG  RACHEL NICHOLS  ROSE
     McGOWAN

AS A YOUNG CHILD, CONAN (MOMOA) WATCHES HIS VILLAGE GET DESTROYED AND HIS FATHER (PERLMAN) KILLED AT THE HANDS OF THE EVIL KHALAR (LANG) AND HIS WITCH DAUGHTER MARIQUE (McGOWAN.)  CONAN MAKES IT HIS LIFE MISSION TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH.  ALONG THE WAY, HE MEETS TAMARA (NICHOLS) WHOM KHALAR IS AFTER BECAUSE OF HER PURE BLOODLINE.
THIS IS NOT A REMAKE OF THE 80'S CONAN.  THERE ARE SOME WISPS OF SIMILARITIES, BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.  AND THE STORY IS FAIRLY SIMPLE, WITHOUT MANY PLOT TWISTS.  IT IS STRAIGHT FORWARD ENOUGH SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE GETTING THERE.  ALL THE ACTING IS QUITE GOOD, HOWEVER I REALLY LIKED TAMARA, A SPUNKY TAKE CHARGE WOMAN IN A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE ONLY SERVANTS.  HER SCENES WITH CONAN ARE PARTICULARLY FUN, HAVING HER TELL HIM NO, AND THEN HE JUST LOOKING AT HER NOT BELIEVING SHE JUST REFUSED HIM.  THE FIGHT SEQUENCES ARE VIOLENT, BLOODY AND DONE VERY WELL, AND THE REST OF THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE GOOD.  I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE SAND WARRIORS CONAN HAS TO BATTLE.  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT, THIS MOVIE WILL FILL IT FOR YOU.
RATING  3.5 out of 5