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22nd July 2011 10:13 AM
Darren Allan
The new take on Conan the Barbarian has had a trailer unveiled.
The original Conan was, of course, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982, but the new flick – due out next month – bears no relation, and is a fresh interpretation of the Robert E Howard books.
Although predictably enough, it’s just as bloody as the original, but with much better special effects of course, as the trailer featuring a several minute long early scene illustrates.
A young Conan, and the rest of the would-be warriors of the village, are challenged by his father to carry out a task involving running around the nearby hills while not breaking an egg held in their mouths.
Except they run into trouble, encountering vicious bandit types – everyone running off back to the settlement, except Conan of course, who gets stuck in.
Despite his youth and slight stature, Conan dispatches the foolish thugs in grisly style, and ends up returning to the village with a clutch of decapitated heads.
Which definitely brings back memories of the original film. We just wonder if they can manage to sneak in a scene with a camel getting its lights punched out (as with the 1982 movie, we kid you not).
Conan the Barbarian is directed by Marcus Nispel (of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th reboot fame), and is out at cinemas on August 26th.
Darren Allan
The new take on Conan the Barbarian has had a trailer unveiled.
The original Conan was, of course, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982, but the new flick – due out next month – bears no relation, and is a fresh interpretation of the Robert E Howard books.
Although predictably enough, it’s just as bloody as the original, but with much better special effects of course, as the trailer featuring a several minute long early scene illustrates.
A young Conan, and the rest of the would-be warriors of the village, are challenged by his father to carry out a task involving running around the nearby hills while not breaking an egg held in their mouths.
Except they run into trouble, encountering vicious bandit types – everyone running off back to the settlement, except Conan of course, who gets stuck in.
Despite his youth and slight stature, Conan dispatches the foolish thugs in grisly style, and ends up returning to the village with a clutch of decapitated heads.
Which definitely brings back memories of the original film. We just wonder if they can manage to sneak in a scene with a camel getting its lights punched out (as with the 1982 movie, we kid you not).
Conan the Barbarian is directed by Marcus Nispel (of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th reboot fame), and is out at cinemas on August 26th.
