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I did not see the original series on which this is based but judging from the movie I did not miss much. It's pretty boring and predictable throughout until the final battle scene which is quite well done. I must admit that I was totally puzzled at much of the plot, at one point our hero is banished from the country, and trudges through the rain and snow, next thing he is back with the King dressed in fine clothes and best of pals? But the reason I am leaving a negative review is because of the AWFUL soundtrack music, which will drive you crazy! Synthesizers and howling wailing female vocals throughout the whole movie....it never lets up. If you go to see this take some earplugs.

What a waste of time this movie is. I was yawning most of the time watching this garbage, how it gets such a high rating is beyond me, people must have been watching a different movie to the one that I was watching. About 10 min of 'action' and over 2 hours of Buddy Buddy movie, sentimental claptrap. Script was probably written on the back of a napkin in a restaurant, it's that well thought out. Characters are all pathetic 'Jocks' who swill beer and and are loud and obnoxious, and indulge in endless 'bonding', and we are supposed to 'feel' for these imbeciles. We watch them bonding in the bar, we watch them bonding on the beach, we watch them bonding in training.....Yawn. When the characters lean forward in their chairs then that is when we know that we are supposed to feel tension, the problem is that we don't feel anything but boredom. There is one laugh out loud moment when an enemy plane comes alongside and the Americans are pretending to be friends, but Tom Cruise has 'Maverick' written in large English letters on his helmet, presumable the enemy think this is their own language. It you want to spend two hours hearing people telling each other that "You can do it", then waste your time watching this movie. And by the way Tom cruise is far too old for the leather jacket and motorbike stuff.

I am not sure what Nicole Kidman was doing in this movie, she had so little to do, and what little she had was done poorly. Most of this movie is so dark that it's impossible to tell what is going on most of the time. Others have pointed out the movie's main faults, the lack of script, and unsympathetic characters being the main points, but I just want to address the score, why is it so necessary in nearly all modern films to have someone incessantly banging on a drum,? If it is supposed to heighten the tension then why not just use it for that, and NOT have this cacophony of noise all through the movie. I can guarantee you will have a headache when you leave the cinema, and you will be wanting Viking vengeance on that damn drummer!

As others have said Conan The Barbarian is a far better film than this.