![]() ![]() All the bad guys wear black and look a bit camp with their wigs and handlebar moustaches, you wonder why exactly these groups of bad guys always attack and kill helpless useless peasants, what's in it for them? why they always leave one kid alive to grow up and take revenge on them? and what is James Earl Jones character actually up to? what's his goal? his plans? why do all those people follow him? etc. Yes the film is old, back in 82 things were different, what you see now when watching is a horribly cliched, predictable, hammy, semi cheap looking mess, but back then it was fresh.ish. Obvious premise but its an old film folks. ![]() From there on he's off to avenge his families death, as you do. He eventually is sold into gladiatorial fighting where he becomes a brilliant battler and swordsman and wins his freedom. The torturous slavery makes Conan big and strong despite the apparent lack of decent food, nutrients, fishfingers or milk. He is put into slavery and made to do hard labour for the rest of his foreseeable future. The plot is simple, Conan is taken from his family who have been conveniently killed by a band of nasty warriors dressed in black. Based on a pulp comic character from the 30's this film franchise turned the idea on its head and into a cult spanning many different formats and influencing other fantasy films, it also helped some videogames along the way. The first film to get Arnie on the way to the man he is today, and the first of three very similar fantasy flicks. ![]()
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