ah . what have we here . yet another conan the barbarian rip off do i see . yes indeed and sadly not one of the good one i might add . follow the enormous success of the aforementioned pinnacle of the genre and it be inevitable that the market would be flood with cheap cash in . now if there one country in the world that seem to always be the fast to leap onto any give cinematic band wagon and then it surely must be italy . and not just the fast either and the italian movie industry and especially in the late 1970 and early 1980 and be probably also one of the most prolific and could churn out seemingly hundred of film on any give theme ( the theme be usually dictate by what happen to be successful in hollywood at the time ) take for instance the success of george a romero dawn of the dead ( which be release in italy a zombi ) within no time at all and enterprising italian producer have release a whole slew of cheaply make ( but often rather watchable ) virtual copy of the film . and so it come to pass ( damn . i sound like a sword and sorcery movie narrator now . ) that with the remarkable success of conan and italian film producer and true to form and release numerous clone of their own . universally and all be woefully inferior to the original in pretty much every way and yet and one can not deny that there be a certain ( cheesy ) charm to many of them such a joe damato and ator the fight eagle star one time tarzan and mile okeeffe . sadly sword of the barbarian and whilst not totally without it merit and be hardly a particularly memorable entry in the genre . there be all the usual trapping to be find here a in the other film of it ilk i. e. topless maiden and torture and violent battle scene ( some of which be pleasantly gory ) but overall this film feel distinctly lifeless . it a sad reflection in fact and that whilst watch this i find myself continuously look at the video counter to see just how much more running time be actually left and a i be become increasingly bore with the unfold on screen event . even the climatic battle between the hero and the main villain be handle in a rather hopelessly lacklustre manner . still and if youre a fellow fan of the sword and sorcery genre and then you will no doubt want to see this and make up your own mind . it certainly not exactly a complete stinker of a movie ( in fact it quite amuse in a b movie sort of way ) and but it certainly doesn not warrant repeat viewing .