Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2007 - Action/Adventure - Director: Paul Greengrass - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Albert Finney
Advantages: Great atmosphere throughout the film Disadvantages: Quite simple, not a lot of dialogue from the star
In 1982, internationally celebrated strongman and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger burst onto the big screen with his portrayal as the title role in Conan The Barbarian, a film directed by John Milius. Arnie, as he has become better known, had appeared in a few films already, but this is considered to be his breakthrough film.
The Plot
As a child, Conan witnesses the vicious killings of his family and clansmen at the hands of a vicious warlord who is controlling of his people and of all the land, Thulsa Doom. Years later, following a childhood of slavery, Conan finds himself as a champion gladiator, and sets his life to finding Doom and exacting his revenge. He teams up with Valeria and Subotai, two thieves, in taking on Doom, his lieutenants and his fearsome warriors, the Vanir, with the blessing and aid of King Osric ...
Advantages: A mind blowing Classic of the highest order. Disadvantages: There simply is none, if less than perfect sound quality doesn't bother you.
another and audiences started to get increasingly unresponsive to many such films. This genre of film has of late been resurfacing to some extent with The Lord of the Rings, Troy, and Kingdom of Heaven, but the kind of craze involving muscular men, primal lovemaking and action on steroids is not likely to come back with quite such a force as before.
One of the prime examples of the genre, as well as one of the best, came in the beginning of this phase when director John Milius came up with making a film based on Robert E. Howard's cult pulp-novels of Conan the Barbarian. The story involves the young Conan witnessing the death of his parents in the hands of the evil Thulsa Doom's servants. This sets Conan on the path of vengeance through spending a few years strapped into a grinding Wheel of Pain, becoming a gladiator and finally coming after ...
Advantages: action packed with a dollop of humour Disadvantages: dodgy Austrian accents...???
Bennett, an old friend from his past, (played by Vernon Wells).
Jenny is kidnapped on the orders of a strange warlord, (played by Dan Hedava), who calls himself 'El Presidente'?so that Matrix will comply to the kidnappers demands, it is up to Matrix to find her and bring her back to safety? before the kidnappers realise what he is up to??
So with the help of a woman named Cindy, (played by Rae Dawn Chong), his new found friend, he sets about finding his daughter?
* IN CONCLUSION *
It is your typical Schwarzenegger muscle bound movie with many stunts and a lot of action?but only as the big man can do it? and get away with it of course.
This was made a few years after his rather 'iffy' attempts at acting in the Conan farces and this one seamed to give him a leg up on his career as a competent actor?( of sorts), leading to many ...
blissman70 15.11.2008
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