One of my all time favorites.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Still an unchallenged masterpiece of the Sword & Sorcerer fantasy genre. Sadly, there are not much movies of quality in this genre. The second movie, Conan the Destroyer, with Arnie aka Conan is also a good one. Trash and entertainment at its best. Both movies I still re-watch from time to time. The remake of 2011 is not bad but sadly Jason Momoa is no Schwarzenegger. Robert E. Howard wrote a lot of stories of Conan's adventures and I still got hope that I will have one day the chance to watch new, well-done movies of the Hyperborian cosmos. Maybe someday a production company will clone Mr. Schwarzenegger for that purpose. Hope dies last - ;)

It's so ridiculous that it's funny. That's the only reason I gave it 2 stars, because I had a good laugh.

In 1982 I viewed this movie and would have given it a six. It was kind of slow with mediocre acting and grand but bland sets. So I rewatched in 2018 and didn't change my opinion much but I had an appreciation for what a pioneering effort it was in making (non-Superman) comics into movies and launching certain actors to stardom. It was quaint io see Arnold in this novice role and how he matured in later films. I value the historical significance of this endeavour and look forward to the discussed continuance of Mr S in the Conan role.

After everyone in his village is ruthlessly murdered by a warlord known as "Thulsa Doom" (James Earl Jones) a young boy named "Conan" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is captured and sentenced to hard labor as a slave on a giant treadmill for the rest of his life. However, as the years pass he is essentially forgotten about and subsequently sold into servitude as a gladiator. This new situation agrees with him and he soon becomes the most successful and feared gladiator in the land. Then one day he is freed and with him goes this fierce anger for revenge against Thulsa Doom who slaughtered his people and caused him so much suffering. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film turned out to be surprisingly good due to a number of certain qualities in its favor. It had a good, action-oriented plot and some decent acting on the part of Sandahl Bergman ("Valeria") who won a Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year" and a Saturn Award for "Best Actress" in the process. Likewise, it was also nominated for several other Saturn Awards to include "Best Fantasy Film", "Best Music" and "Best Costumes" among others. Be that as it may, while this might not be a film for the ages, I still found it to be an extremely enjoyable movie and I have rated it accordingly.