­­ While the story of Conan The Barbarian in this Marcus Nispel version cannot hold a candle to the John Milius original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, it doesn’t mean that on its own it isn’t a good movie. The problem with rehashing anything is the inevitable and misleading comparisons that are done whenever critique is asked. That being said I should...

Straight to DVD action movies all have a common theme that the people who rent/purchase them accept over the outsiders that scoff at them. The theme that I am referring to is the “action over everything else” mainstay. Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme made a mint from these films in the early 90s and a small but dedicated fan-base (myself...