10 Movie Flops It's Okay To Hate
5. Conan The Barbarian
After several years working in television, Arnold Schwarzenegger finally got the chance to prove himself as a leading man in Conan The Barbarian. Years later, Jason Mamoa, who’d spent several years working in television (including a 2 year stint on Baywatch) landed the lead role in the remake, but it’s not in the same league.
It’s another long and bloody movie, but this one gives the impression that the filmmakers were more interested in cool shots and special effects than in honoring Robert E Howard’s pulp tales. The director is Marcus Nispel, whose previous films (Friday The 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc) were all reboots, so skull-cracking originality was never going to be on the agenda.
The king of flop remakes, Conan cost $90 million to produce and only made $48 million worldwide. Momoa of course went on to Game Of Thrones and Aquaman, but Nispel’s next movie went straight to DVD.