Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Am I Missing Something?

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

In this absurd film, Wilt Chamberlain who played the role of Bombaata was the worst basketball player who signed up for this role. His acting was just horrible to watch, so awkward and deadbeat, so painful to watch. The runner-up was the young female actress who played the princess role, so bad and so painful to watch.This 1984 film is worse than the 1982 Conan The Barbarian. The screenplay was bad enough, all the new characters created were just terrible. There were so many laughable details that only could let pass for its ridiculous fantasy genre. The princess must had a personal hair stylist, a costume designer, a seamstress to tailor her wardrobe and accompanied her in an RV along the journey. Arnold also performed worse than his prequel The Barbarian, lot of awkward and exaggerated facial expressions, looked more like a comedian or a drunk.

I think it's fair to say that a lot of movie sequels just don't live up to their predecessors. The same can be said of CONAN THE DESTROYER, in which a definite case of "dumbing down" has been performed to make the film appeal to a younger audience. Gone is the excess violence and downbeat story of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, and in its place a family-orientated and lighthearted adventure full of wisecracks and unnecessary comedy. I have to say that this kind of comedy is the bane of '80s (and later) sword and sorcery movies for me. The peplum films of the '60s which covered similar themes did well enough without them, and if I want to watch a comedy then I'll do just that. I'm not a fan of genre crossbreeds.However, if you accept that this film has a lighter spirit and is made in a totally different style to the first then there is much to enjoy, if you ignore the mid-'80s cheesiness. The film has lots of action and swordplay to recommend it, and while the blood doesn't flow as thickly as in the first, there is still a fair share of gruesomeness and decapitated heads. There's also an assortment of monsters for Conan and his friends to fight, and I'm a sucker for monsters. One cheesy highlight has Arnie battling a beast-man (called "Man-Ape") in a hall of mirrors which ends with the villain being bloodily dispatched. Also popping up are a tribe of bloodthirsty cannibals, and at the end of the film, the Lovecraftian God "Dagoth" comes to life from a statue as a huge horned slimy monster (played by wrestler Andre the Giant). It's all fun stuff to watch, if not particularly profound.The film once again has some impressive location filming in the desert, and some of the sweeping visuals that made the first so memorable. Also present is another score from Basil Poledouris, which reuses some of the first film's music to good effect. The costumes look good and Richard Fleischer's direction is pacing and keeps things moving along nicely. The special effects do look very dated in today's light but are still impressive to an undemanding fan, with the dream team of Italian effects aces Giannetto de Rossi and Carlo Rombaldi supplying the makeup and the Dagoth creature respectively. Probably the worst effect was the animated bird that Pat Roach turns into.Arnold Schwarzenegger here returns as a more vocal Conan, but he's still up to his old tricks like punching out horses and performing incredible feats of strength. In one scene he bends bars like in a Steve Reeves epic - I liked the reference. Schwarzenegger has a more mainstream supporting cast this time, including the gigantic basketball player Wilt Chamberlain as a traitor, probably the only man capable of making Arnie look small in comparison! Grace Jones puts in a memorable turn as a fierce warrior woman although I've never cared for the actress. Mako returns from the first film as well, although in a very small nearly pointless supporting role (although he does have one funny wizard battle). Tracey Walter is actually quite likable as the irritating whiny sidekick, and deserves commendation for being such. Olivia d'Abo's character of a spoilt Princess is extremely aggravating but her good looks make up for that. Other familiar faces like those of Sarah Douglas, Pat Roach and Ferdy Mayne flesh out the rest of the roles.The plot is a very simplistic one and not ideal, taking the usual form of a quest for a stolen crystal, or some such nonsense. The fact that Arnie's ally is in fact a traitor gives the film an edge in that we (the audience) know that he's preparing to kill Arnie but Arnie himself doesn't realise. Things culminate in an over-the-top finale in which the pair have an impressively powerful battle, ending in Arnie getting his ear bitten off (maybe Tyson watched this to get tips)! Then, of course, there's the lightning, storm, collapsing palace and howling weird monster-thing for our hero to battle. It's all very silly and cheesy, really, but I couldn't help enjoying it while watching. Not ideal but still a fun movie if you're in the right mood.

I liked "Conan the Destroyer" almost as much as the first of the film series ("Conan the Barbarian"). I just miss Valeria being with Conan, she died in the first movie. Otherwise, I enjoyed this film.Grace Jones was a perfect addition to this film - she was extremely popular at the time - and well suited to play the part of Zula. Tracey Walter (Malak) gave some comical relief in the film. The role of Princess Jehnna seemed tailored to fit Olivia D'Abo.The script was good for a sword and sorcery movie and I liked it very much. A good follow-up to the first film.Movie Plug: King Conan is due out December 2015 which is the third part of this film series. Our very own Arnold Schwarzenegger will play Conan once again.9/10

Obvious its not, because it was made for kids. So cheesy its almost not worth watching. They got it on TV now. Conan the Barbarian was awesome compared to this one. Who ever thought this would be a hit switching the rating lower for a wider audience is stupid. They do it all the time for horror movies, and that is why a lot of horror movies suck, is the PG-13 rating. Good luck directors that keep doing it that way.Then there is not enough lines here to submit the review. That is stupid. There is nothing much good about this movie to say, unless I am under 13 years of age, which I am not. These people that make movies need to realize that kids are not the only people in this world. Just because they are the future, which the future is looking worse anyways. No need to worry about it since it will end eventually anyways.