Conan the Barbarian (2011)

A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.

Director:

Marcus Nispel

Writers:

Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer

Stars:

Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Momoa	...	Conan
Stephen Lang	...	Khalar Zym
Rachel Nichols	...	Tamara
Ron Perlman	...	Corin
Rose McGowan	...	Marique
Bob Sapp	...	Ukafa
Leo Howard	...	Young Conan
Steven O'Donnell	...	Lucius
Nonso Anozie	...	Artus
Raad Rawi	...	Fassir
Laila Rouass	...	Fialla
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Ela-Shan
Milton Welsh	...	Remo
Borislav Iliev	...	Wild Man
Nathan Jones	...	Akhun

Storyline

Many years ago, sorcerers crafted the Mask of Acheron and dark forces of Acheron conquered the world. However, the barbarians vanquished Acheron warriors and broke the Mask into pieces and divided among the tribes. The barbarian Cimmerian village of chief Corin is attacked by the evil warlord Khalar Zym that wants the last piece of bone of the Mask of Acheron to resurrect his wife. When his witch daughter Marique finds the hidden piece, he slaughters the villagers and the Corin's son Conan is the only survivor. Conan swears revenge against Khalar Zym. Years later, the warrior Conan is a pirate and he decides to release slaves from a field. When he is celebrating in a tavern with his friends, he sees a thief being chased by a guard and Conan recognizes him as Lucius, the Khalar Zym's soldier that he cut the nose out. Conan let the guards capture him and once in the prison, he forces Lucius to tell him where Khalar Zym is. Meanwhile Khalar Zym attacks a monastery where Marique believes ...

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Plot Keywords:

barbarian | slave | sex scene | female warrior | forging a sword | 

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Taglines:

Enter An Age Undreamed Of

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jason Momoa is by his own admission afraid of horses, so all his horse riding scenes had to either be faked or filmed with doubles.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 17 mins) When Tamara is ambushed by Zim's men in the forest, she does not notice the first rider until he is only a few yards from her, despite having a very clear line of sight for a few hundred yards in every direction, and despite there being no noise louder than birdsong to mask the thundering hooves of a galloping horse. Similarly, the foot-soldiers were quite clearly not lying in wait - the trees in the forest are too skinny for them to have hidden behind and there is no other cover around - yet they are upon Tamara within a couple of seconds of the horseman attacking.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: In between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world. Then, came the dark empire of Acheron, where cruel Necromacers sought 'Secrets Of Resurrection'. They crafted a mask from the bones of kings, and awakened it's wrath with the pure blood of their daughters. The mask summoned spirits of unspeakable evil, giving them power that no mortal man should posses.
Narrator: Acheron ...
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Connections

Followed by The Legend of Conan

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Soundtracks

Enta W'Bas
Written and Performed by Hossam Ramzy
Published by ARC International USA
Courtesy of ARC Music Productions International Limited

User Reviews

446th Review: Honestly? HBO does it better: sure it's passable, but who wants passable?

Conan lacks myth - it truly lacks that sense of myth and wonder that created a whole new genre, and it lacks cinematic vision, it lacks what makes film rather than TV, and while entertaining after a decade of Xena and Game of Thrones we deserve more than this in our big budget movies.

Casting is fine, plot is a little dull, action is half-way to OK - it's just that overall there is nothing to really put life into this - where is the wow! factor, the, yes this is film. Even if you're making a B movie it doesn't excuse it.

In the right hands and the right team this could be storytelling at its best, instead we get a film that thrives on the cliché of its genre. It may have lots of sorcery, but it truly lacks magic.

Details

Official Sites:

Lionsgate [United States] Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Bulgaria Germany India

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Conan the Barbarian

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,021,215, 21 August 2011

Gross USA:

$21,295,021

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$63,523,283

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Millennium Films, Cinema Vehicle Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1