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The dark, brooding tone of Conan the Barbarian is replaced in this rousing sequel by a lighter, more humorous tone and one of the campiest casts ever assembled. In Conan the Destroyer, our massively muscular hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is assigned by a duplicitous queen (Sarah Douglas) to escort a virgin princess (Olivia d'Abo) on a treacherous trek to a crystal palace where they will retrieve a priceless gemstone. Basketball champ and self-described Lothario Wilt Chamberlain plays Bombaata, a warrior sent on a secret mission to kill Conan, and the androgynous Grace Jones plays Zula, a wild woman who becomes Conan's loyal ally. Some consider this sequel a disappointment but the film makes no apologies for its silliness, and that's the key to its success as gloriously pulpy entertainment. --Jeff Shannon
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CONANpromises to lead a spoiled princess to fulfil her destiny in return for the return of his true love; however, CONANis being used and has been targeted for murder CONAN THE DESTROYER is filled with hilarious barbaric action. CONAN is joined by a large cast that includes Grace Jones and Wilt Chamberlain.
DVD Features
Dolby Digital Stereo Sound
112 Minutes Running Time
16:9 Widescreen Aspect Ratio
DVD Features
Dolby Digital Stereo Sound
112 Minutes Running Time
16:9 Widescreen Aspect Ratio
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you like myself were hoping for a definitive collector's edition,then think again!
While the packaging is all very lovely and you do get a very nice detailed booklet and some nice postcards,the actual disc is a dreadful release.For a start the opening fight scene is cut to ribbons,the scene where Conan knocks out the camel is again cut and really for a collector's edition,you would expect these scenes to be re-instated.
The extra features on this disc are particularly lame.There is a really poor quiz,but the crowning glory of bad is the commentary.Sarah Douglas does little more than ramble on and on about how wonderful she is and very little that she mentions has anything to do with the movie at all.
Kim Newman chimes in every so often in a really cynical manner,and overall,this is easily the worst commentary ever added to a dvd.
In conclusion,if you want a copy of this film,then hunt out the vastly superior region 4 Australian version or make do with the ordinary region one version from America.
While the packaging is all very lovely and you do get a very nice detailed booklet and some nice postcards,the actual disc is a dreadful release.For a start the opening fight scene is cut to ribbons,the scene where Conan knocks out the camel is again cut and really for a collector's edition,you would expect these scenes to be re-instated.
The extra features on this disc are particularly lame.There is a really poor quiz,but the crowning glory of bad is the commentary.Sarah Douglas does little more than ramble on and on about how wonderful she is and very little that she mentions has anything to do with the movie at all.
Kim Newman chimes in every so often in a really cynical manner,and overall,this is easily the worst commentary ever added to a dvd.
In conclusion,if you want a copy of this film,then hunt out the vastly superior region 4 Australian version or make do with the ordinary region one version from America.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By K.TheaterFan
Format:DVD
I wonder why there was so many small cuts in fight sequence which distort the movie? I have the first DVD edition and i noticed it is not exactly the same version in 1983, so i didnt like it. The orignal version there was Conan hit his enemy horse during fight battle and a camel also, which was cut here.
I did purchased this edition because they mentioned it is a COLLECTOR EDITION and i thought it should be full without any delet or cut shots. But unfortuantly it is the same as first DVD release, except in better picture and sound quality. For this im rating this edition only 3 stars.
I did purchased this edition because they mentioned it is a COLLECTOR EDITION and i thought it should be full without any delet or cut shots. But unfortuantly it is the same as first DVD release, except in better picture and sound quality. For this im rating this edition only 3 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Conan the Destroyer is a painless but brainless and bland sequel to Milius' not-that-good-in-the-first-place pagan epic. The violence has gone, along with the ambition and pretension, leaving something that might as well have been shot in Italy in the early 60s with Victor Mature. Tracey Walter's comic relief is especially painful and it's a shame that Basil Poledouris, whose score was the real star of the first film, has to struggle with an audibly smaller orchestra this time, but there's some genuine fascination in Ahnoldt's drunk scene, at once inept and frighteningly convincing. And this man now has power of life and death in California...
Despite the 'Collectors' Edition' tag, there's not much to get excited by in the original UK DVD release from Castle: none of the deleted scenes (the film was trimmed down substantially to get a PG) and only a trailer and none-too-exciting commentary, though at least the film is in 2.35:1 widescreen. The second issue by Sanctuary included a audio commentary featuring Sarah Douglas and trailer, though the UK Blu-ray fared best of all, with two featurette - one on Basil Poledouris' score - and trailer.
Despite the 'Collectors' Edition' tag, there's not much to get excited by in the original UK DVD release from Castle: none of the deleted scenes (the film was trimmed down substantially to get a PG) and only a trailer and none-too-exciting commentary, though at least the film is in 2.35:1 widescreen. The second issue by Sanctuary included a audio commentary featuring Sarah Douglas and trailer, though the UK Blu-ray fared best of all, with two featurette - one on Basil Poledouris' score - and trailer.
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This review is for the US release of Conan the Destroyer blu ray.
The disc is not region locked and plays fine on my region B Sony player. Read more
The disc is not region locked and plays fine on my region B Sony player. Read more
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Amateur reviewers
I just want to say one thing to those that put just one star to this movie.
We all have seen this film many times.We don't need everyone's opinion about the film itself. Read more
We all have seen this film many times.We don't need everyone's opinion about the film itself. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bet-Karh
4.0 out of 5 stars
A cheap, but funny and light-hearted sequel. Not inferior to...
Being a fan of Robert E. Howard's short stories I must say that funny and light-hearted are definitely NOT the words I would use to describe Conan. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Inspector Gadget
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excellent
excellent item and excelennt service was disspatched quickly and arrived almost sraight away im very happy with this product excellent
Published 5 months ago by aza1989
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Conan the not-really-that-bad
Lighter in tone than its predecessor and clocking in at a brisk 1 hour 40 minutes, this is not the camp atrocity people make it out to be. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. A. Foster
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Does not live up to Conan the Barbarian
Unfortunately this sequel does not live up to the excellence of Conan the Barbarian. Whilst the sets & scenery are if anything more fabulous than the first film, & there is still a... Read more
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