Conan the Destroyer occupies a curious spot in pop culture. As a follow-up to the swords-and-sorcery classic Conan the Barbarian, it did what a lot of sequels do: lose the essence of the original and suffering a corresponding dip in box office fortunes. It was quickly forgotten in the wake of star Arnold Schwarzenegger's other signature role in The Terminator, which opened several months after Conan the Destroyer and put Robert E. Howard's Cimmerian on the back burner. Today, the second film is regarded as an unnecessary appendage of the first.
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