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The follow up to the successful Conan the Barbarian was not quite what I thought it would be. Made in 1984 the story line revolves around another Conan adventure which the evil Queen Tamaris has sent him on to retrieve a sacred horn that will summon a god and in return the queen will resurrect Conans lost love who died in the Conan the Barbarian.
Destroyer is directed by Richard Fleischer and Arnie plays the muscle-bound man with no pants again and the funny little wizard guy Akiro is also back, he is played by Mako. An even thinner and more pathetic looking guy replaces his thief friend Malek, who is played by a guy named Tracey Walter (certainly a fitting name for the character). On top of this travelling band is a woman warrior Zula (played by Grace Jones) whom Conan saves from slavery. The evil Queen Tamaris is played by Sarah Douglas, her daughter Olivia D’abo plays the lovely princess Jehna.
The story runs over mountains and valleys and Conans sword being run into numerous guards and soldiers, his main enemy being a giant of a man named Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain) who is the princesses bodyguard. The plot is fairly decent bearing in mind the year it was made however if it is special effects you are after you will not be satisfied. Paper mache and string comes to mind when you see the God and some of the scenery, however the classic one on one sword fights are still commendable. The fight sequence that gets my number 1 vote would be the final showdown of Conan and Bombaata. It includes the classic choreography of a one on one battle, i.e. lunge, dodge and get stabbed, come back even stronger manoeuvres.
Arnies performance is nearly all mime like it was in Barabrian and the few lines he does say you can't really say was poor acting as you cannot base his few lines on his whole performance which I think to be satisfactory. Grace Jones on the other hand seems to have gone downhill a bit with this one, not very believable she comes across as moody all the time and you don't get a deep insight into her character except she is a fighter in a bad mood. Tracey Walter portrays the geeky thief very well with his wimpyness and cowardice on show at every possible opportunity. Sarah Douglas pulls off the evil queen to perfection, always devious with a backup plan and ulterior motives for Conan and his crew and Olivia D’arbo plays the naïve princess quite adequately.
The film is only rated a 15 and so you will not get the same content you had in barbarian however some people may be glad of it as you can have too much blood and guts in some movies and this makes a nice change. There are a few twists and turns in the plot but this film is mainly the type of film you would sit and watch in preference to the great escape for the 600th time.
I enjoyed this film very much because one of my first Arnie films was Barbarian and the anticipation for this film and the follow up made me want to see it regardless of whether it was a box office smash or a flop. I seem to be a fanatic for anything to do with ancient history swords and shields which this film represents to fulfilment and so I accept it as a brilliant film although being fairly old the stunts no longer are up to scratch.
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Feb 16th, 2002
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