Review – Conan the Destroyer

This sequel is just the sort of cheap, low-production-value nonsense that I expected (and was pleasantly surprised not to get) from the first one. It’s as long as the original (or maybe it just seems that long because it drags and drags and drags), and a couple of the actors turn in repeat performances (most notably Schwarzenegger). And they’re both sword and sorcery flicks. But that’s where the similarity ends. Here petty intrigue has replaced philosophical musing. Even the camera work and effects quality leave a lot to be desired, with visuals that seem better suited to made-for-cable productions than to the cinema. It takes a lot to thoroughly sour me on a sequel to a film I really liked, particularly when the second effort features Lovecraftian undertones. But somehow they managed to do it. See if desperate