Conan the Barbarian is a 2011 sword and sorcery fantasy film based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E Howard. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan mythology and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film begins with a group of sorcerers from Acheron who have created a mask from the skulls of dead kings and sacrificed their pure blood daughters to the dark gods in order to give the mask the power to subjugate the entire world. After killing countless people in their campaign to conquer the planet the sorcerers were defeated by the barbarian tribes who destroyed the mask, scattering the pieces across the tribes with each tribal leader keeping one piece to ensure that the pieces would be difficult to reunite. Thousands of years later in the Hyborian Age, Corin (Ron Perlman) is a barbarian chief who holds one of the pieces of the mask. In a battle against a rival tribe Corin’s wife, after being wounded by the enemy gives birth to their son Conan (Leo Howard) and dies. Conan grows up to become a skilled, but violent warrior whom his father believes is not ready to wield his own sword. One day their village is attacked by the forces of Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang) a warlord that is reuniting the pieces of the Mask of Acheron in order to revive his dead wife and conquer Hyborea. After locating Corin’s piece and murdering the entire village Zym leaves. Conan is the only survivor and swears revenge. 20 years later Conan (Jason Momoa) is a pirate still seeking revenge. With the help of his friend Artus (Nonso Anozie) he raids a slave camp and takes the rescued slaves to the city of Messantia, where Conan meets Ela-Shan (Saïd Taghmaoui) a thief being chased by a man whom Conan recognizes as Lucius (Steven O’Donnell) one of Zym’s soldiers from years before. Conan allows himself to be captured alongside Ela-Shan and in prison, escapes and confronts Lucius who is forced to reveal that Zym is planning to sacrifice the pure blood descendant of the sorcerers of Acheron in order to unleash the mask’s power. He helps the rest of the prisoners to escape and in gratitude Ela-Shan tells Conan that if he ever needs him, Conan will find him at the City of Thieves Argalon. Meanwhile, Zym and his daughter the sorceress Marique (Rose McGowan) attack a monastery where they believe the pure blood is. Sensing something is wrong Fassir (Raad Rawi) an elderly monk who teaches the monastery’s students, tells one of them Tamara (Rachel Nichols) to run away and return to her birthplace. Tamara’s carriage is chased by Zym’s men. Conan hears the commotion and recognizing Zym’s men, attacks and kills them saving Tamara. Conan also captures one of Zym’s men Remo (Milton Welsh) and catapults him to Zym’s nearby camp after forcing him to reveal Tamara’s importance as the pure blood. Zym and Marique confront Conan, who is pretending to be interested in exchanging Tamara for gold but instead attacks Zym, but Marique saves her father by invoking soldiers made of sand and then poisoning Conan with a poison laced boomerang sword. Tamara rescues him and they return to Artus’ boat which is stationed nearby where Artus helps Conan recover. The boat is attacked by Zym’s men and although they kill several of Conan’s men, they are defeated. Conan orders Artus to return to Messantia with Tamara and departs to confront Zym in his kingdom. Artus tells Tamara that Conan left a map behind and she follows him, meeting with him in a cave where they make love. The next day as she’s returning to the boat to join Artus so they can sail away, she’s captured by Zym’s men. Conan finds out about Tamara’s capture and departs to Argalon, where he asks Ela-Shan to help him break into Zym’s castle unnoticed while Zym prepares to drain Tamara of her blood to unleash the mask’s energies. After confronting several monsters that guard the dungeons, Conan infiltrates Zym’s followers and watches as Zym puts on the mask, having removed some of Tamara’s blood. He confronts Zym and the cave where they’re in begins to crumble in the ensuing battle, killing Zym’s followers. Conan is able to release Tamara and she escapes as he fights Zym. The castle starts to fall as Marique attacks Tamara. Conan hears Tamara’s scream and attacks Marique, cutting her hand off and Tamara kicks her into a pit where she gets impaled by a large spike below. Zym comes and upon finding his daughter’s corpse, he swears revenge upon Conan. Conan and Tamara become trapped in a unstable bridge as Zym attacks them. He uses the mask’s power to call forth the spirit of his dead wife, Maliva a powerful sorceress who was executed by the monks from Tamara’s monastery for attempting to unleash occult forces to destroy Hyborea and Maliva’s spirit begins to possess Tamara. She begs Conan to let her fall, but he refuses and instead stabs the bridge before jumping to safety with Tamara. The bridge collapses along with Zym. The power hungry ruler falls to the lava below the immense precipice screaming the name of his wife, implying his demise. Conan and Tamara escape and he returns her to her birthplace, telling her that they’ll meet again. He then returns to his old village and tells his father that he had avenged his death and recovered the sword Zym stole from him, honoring his memory.
Jason Momoa as Conan
Jason Momoa is an American actor and model he is known for his role as Ronon Dex on military science fiction television series Stargate: Atlantis. Recently he has became recognized for his role as the title character in the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian (2011) and before the film, Momoa appeared as Khal Drogo in the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011). His films include Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Pipeline (2007) and Conan the Barbarian (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as Baywatch, North Shore, Stargate: Atlantis, The Game and Game of Thrones.

Stephen Lang as Khalar Zym
Stephen Lang is an American actor his films include Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Band of the Hand (1986), Manhunter (1986), Project X (1987), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), The Hard Way (1991), Another You (1991), Guilty as Sin (1993), Gettysburg (1993), Tombstone (1993), Tall Tale (1995), The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995), The Money Shot (1996), An Occasional Hell (1996), Shadow Conspiracy (1997), Loose Women (1997), Niagara, Niagara (1997), Fire Down Below (1997), Story of a Bad Boy (1999), Trixie (2000), The Proposal (2001), D-Tox (2002), Gods and Generals (2003), The I Inside (2004), The Treatment (2006), We Fight to Be Free (2006), Save Me (2007), From Mexico with Love (2009), Public Enemies (2009), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Avatar (2009), Christina (2010), White Irish Drinkers (2010), Conan the Barbarian (2011) and Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as Crime Story, The Equalizer, Great Performances, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Terra Nova.
Rachel Nichols as Tamara
Rachel Nichols is an American actress and model her films include Autumn in New York (2000), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Debating Robert Lee (2004), A Funny Thing Happened at the Quick Mart (2004), Walk Into a Bar (2004), The Amityville Horror (2005), Mr Dramatic (2005), Shopgirl (2005), The Woods (2006), Resurrecting the Champ (2007), P2 (2007), Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Star Trek (2009), G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), For Sale by Owner (2009), Meskada (2010), Ollie Klublershturf vs the Nazis (2010), Conan the Barbarian (2011) and A Bird of the Air (2011). She has appeared in TV series such as Sex and the City, Line of Fire, The Inside, Alias and Criminal Minds.
Rose McGowan as Marique
Rose McGowan is an American actress she is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. Her films include Encino Man (1992), The Doom Generation (1995), Bio-Dome (1996), Kiss & Tell (1996), Scream (1996), Going All the Way (1997), Seed (1997), Nowhere (1997), Lewis & Clark & George (1997), Phantoms (1998), Southie (1998), Jawbreaker (1999), Sleeping Beauties (1999), Ready to Rumble (2000), The Last Stop (2000), Monkeybone (2001), Strange Hearts (2002), Vacuums (2003), The Black Dahlia (2006), Grindhouse (2007), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), Dead Awake (2010), Machete (2010), Boop (2011), Conan the Barbarian (2011) and Rosewood Lane (2011). She has appeared in TV series such as True Colors, What About Joan, Charmed, Nip/Tuck and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Ron Perlman as Corin
Ron Perlman is an American film and voice over actor he is best known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast. His films include Quest for Fire (1981), The Ice Pirates (1984), The Name of the Rose (1986), Sleepwalkers (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Cronos (1993), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), Double Exposure (1993), When the Bough Breaks (1994), Police Academy 7 Mission to Moscow (1994), Sensation (1994), The City of Lost Children (1995), Fluke (1995), The Last Supper (1995), The Island of Dr Moreau (1996), Betty (1997), Prince Valiant (1997), Tinseltown (1997), Alien Resurrection (1997), I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998), Frogs for Snakes (1998), The Protector (1998), Happy Texas (1999), Price of Glory (2000), The King’s Guard (2000), Stroke (2000), Enemy at the Gates (2001), The Shaft (2001), Night Class (2001), Crime and Punishment (2002), Blade II (2002), Star Trek Nemesis (2002), Boys on the Run (2003), Rats (2003), Absolon (2003), Two Soldiers (2003), Hoodlum & Son (2003), Looney Tunes Back in Action (2003), Hellboy (2004), Quiet Kill (2004), The Second Front (2005), Missing in America (2005), Local Color (2006), How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006), The Last Winter (2006), 5ive Girls (2006), No 6 (2006), In the Name of the King A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Uncross the Stars (2008), Outlander (2008), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Mutant Chronicles (2008), I Sell the Dead (2008), The Devil’s Tomb (2009), The Job (2009), Dark Country (2009), Killer by Nature (2010), Acts of Violence (2010), Bunraku (2010), The Littlest Angel (2011), Season of the Witch (2011), Drive (2011), Conan the Barbarian (2011) and Elwood (2011). He has also had a successful career as a voice actor in numerous video games and animated series Teen Titans, Batman The Animated Series, Superman The Animated Series, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Killer Croc and Rumor.  His video game credits include Halo 2, Halo 3, The Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay, Justice League Heroes, Hellboy Blood and Iron and Fallout 3.
Saïd Taghmaoui as Ela Shan
Saïd Taghmaoui is a French actor his films include Putain de porte (1994), Frères: La roulette rouge (1994), J’aime beaucoup ce que vous faites (1995), La Haine (1995), Les fantômes du samedi soir (1997), Go for Gold (1997), Héroïnes (1997), The Garden of Eden (1998), Men Behind Bars (1998), Hideous Kinky (1998), Prima del tramonto (1999), Three Kings (1999), The Slammer (2000), Nationale 7 (2000), Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets (2000), Room to Rent (2000), Gamer (2001), Confession d’un dragueur (2001), Absolutely Fabulous (2001), Le petit poucet (2001), Alive (2002), The Good Thief (2002), Break of Dawn (2002), Crime Spree (2003), Spartan (2004), Hidalgo (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), El khoubz el hafi (2005), Five Fingers (2006), O Jerusalem (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Vantage Point (2008), Traitor (2008), Kandisha (2008), G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Killers (2010), Stranded (2010) and Conan the Barbarian (2011).

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