This is an absurd and hastily made sequel to the far superior Conan the Barbarian. They were probably attempting to cash in on the newfangled barbarian craze, but this film caused the anticipated Conan the Barbarian 3 to never be made. Which is unfortunate, because I love a good barbarian movie as much as the next Italian guy.
Swartz is back as the colossally hulking paleoanthropic warrior who has more muscle than brains. This time around, the landscape looks like something out of a cheap fantasy movie, and nothing ever clicks or feels like the original. The difference with this movie and the first film is, the original had a believability to it, and this one just oozes out vacuous emptiness.
The plot concerns a princess who must fight an evil sorceress. Not much there to begin with.
Along the line, there are more absurd characters, including Grace Jones, who resembles a twig and yet beats men 8 times her size with a paltry stick. Chamberlain is even more lackluster as a mute personal guard to the spoiled princess who has special powers to defeat darkness.
Look for the awful 'non-moving face' monster in the hall of mirrors, it is about as scary as a dead fish.
Even as a kid I hated this movie.
Still, barbarian movies are few and far between, and even with all its faults, it still beats anything that the Italians or Croatians put out.
Swartz is back as the colossally hulking paleoanthropic warrior who has more muscle than brains. This time around, the landscape looks like something out of a cheap fantasy movie, and nothing ever clicks or feels like the original. The difference with this movie and the first film is, the original had a believability to it, and this one just oozes out vacuous emptiness.
The plot concerns a princess who must fight an evil sorceress. Not much there to begin with.
Along the line, there are more absurd characters, including Grace Jones, who resembles a twig and yet beats men 8 times her size with a paltry stick. Chamberlain is even more lackluster as a mute personal guard to the spoiled princess who has special powers to defeat darkness.
Look for the awful 'non-moving face' monster in the hall of mirrors, it is about as scary as a dead fish.
Even as a kid I hated this movie.
Still, barbarian movies are few and far between, and even with all its faults, it still beats anything that the Italians or Croatians put out.