Conan the Barbarian

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Conan the Barbarian

R

2011

1h 53m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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A powerful Cimmerian warrior, Conan carves a bloody path across the land of Hyboria on a personal vendetta. That soon turns into an epic battle against evil, for Conan's mortal enemy, Khalar Zym, seeks the legendary Mask of Acheron. The artifact will enable Khalar Zym to raise his wife from the dead and achieve immortality for himself, but it will also unleash a malevolent force upon the land, and only Conan and his companions can stop it.

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Critics Consensus

While its relentless, gory violence is more faithful to the Robert E. Howard books, Conan the Barbarian forsakes three-dimensional characters, dialogue, and acting in favor of unnecessary 3D effects.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

May 7, 2024

3/5

The film’s secret weapon proves to be Freddy Krueger-fingernailed witch Marique — imagine a cross between Madeline Kahn in History of the World: Part I and Lady Gaga — that should garner Rose McGowan a Razzie and an Oscar.

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Nick Pinkerton

Sight & Sound

Jul 9, 2018

It is right that a new Conan film must look for its own identity, but one immediately notices that in the absence of Milius's saga-paced direction... and Schwarzenegger's special-effect physique, very little has been introduced to replace them.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Jan 27, 2012

1.5/4

But Nispel and his trio of screenwriters do nothing with their simplistic premise, crowding the screen with too much digital imagery and making every villainous character look like they just stepped out of some macabre Saturday morning cartoon.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 9, 2023

1.5/4

[The film] plays to the lowest possible viewer demands.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 30, 2020

4/10

Visually, this new adaptation feels authentic, with gallons of blood spattering against tempered steel as muscular men wage war with beasts and each other alike.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 5, 2020

1.5/4.0

I've never quite figured out the cinematic logic that allows for someone who kills multiple people in ultra-violent ways to become the film's hero.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 10, 2026

Conan the Barbarian is not near as good the Conan played by Arnold Swarzneger (sp) but you get my drift!

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Jose L

@FiendishDragon Jul 12, 2026

It meets all the requirements for a sword and sorcery movie. Jason Momoa is a comic book acuate look for Conan.

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Justin L

@leejustin268 Jun 26, 2026

Again piss poor planning. Not momoa fault some of best acting. If made more to look like a riley Scott production for the director. Then would have been a better film or return some of the producer's from the Arnold ones. Almost felt like someone went over and redid the film to say now it's a good film. Really could see momoa as Conan here. Even more so with some of the visualization of Conan in recent comics. Someone thought keeping it borderline. Scorpion king, and kill the conqueror was a better film. For a lot of the score it still lack that feeling when you get you out the CD or stream Arnold Conan hoping someone might finally get it. Going to play the opening theme again. After this. My master. Edit review just came back started theme. When movies were movies and scores truly matter. Anyone going back to the old karloff, bela monster movies.

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Anton W

@1ton87 Jun 15, 2026

It’s actually not that bad, but I think it could have been better if they used more of the original source material, I was hoping that they would delve deeper into the lore of Conan.

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JANE S

@Sawdust66 Apr 17, 2026

If no stars was available even that wouldn't be worth the effort

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Enrique R

@NostalgicNerd Jan 26, 2026

Conan The Barbarian 3D, a horrible movie. This movie is easily one of the worst movie reboots ever. This is Jason Momoa’s weakest and worst movie and performance. I really don’t see Marcus Nipsel’s vision in this movie. The action sequences are ultra gory and fine. The CGI and the practical effects on the villains or monsters are horrifying. It also has a ridiculously amount of nudity especially with the villain. Also, really quick, this movie has some of the worst 3D I’ve ever seen. But, overall, I give Conan The Barbarian 3D a 3/10 or 2.5/5 stars.

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Synopsis

A powerful Cimmerian warrior, Conan carves a bloody path across the land of Hyboria on a personal vendetta. That soon turns into an epic battle against evil, for Conan's mortal enemy, Khalar Zym, seeks the legendary Mask of Acheron. The artifact will enable Khalar Zym to raise his wife from the dead and achieve immortality for himself, but it will also unleash a malevolent force upon the land, and only Conan and his companions can stop it.

Director: Marcus Nispel
Producer: Fredrik Malmberg, Boaz Davidson, George Furla, Danny Lerner, Les Weldon, Joe Gatta, John Baldecchi, Henry Winterstern
Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Sean Hood
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Millennium Films, Conan Properties Intl.
Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Nudity|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 19, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.3M
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby

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