[net.movies] Conan vs. The Road Warrior

upstill (05/18/82)

   I've seen both Conan and The Road Warrior (which opens this Friday), and
I heartily recommend the latter in preference to the former.  Both are
deluxe action pictures.  But one is a 'big' Hollywood production, and the
other (RW) is an independent.  The difference is instructive.  Conan is 
self-conscious as spectacle, RW is gritty and determined.  Conan is full
of the effort of trying to make the movie come up to specs, RW has a vision.
Conan is the heir (modern as it may be) of dozens of Hollywood spectaculars,
struggling to maintain scope; Road Warrior is a real original.  Save your
pennies and seek out a theater with a good, LOUD sound system to see Road
Warrior. It will rattle your teeth.