Grace Jones as Zulu in CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984)
The second Conan movie had a more comic book feel to it, compared to the 'serious' first movie. Conan wasn't alone in his adventure and a bunch of misfits helped him along the way, including Zulu. This plot point, a bunch of people creating a little army against the villain was very popular and common in the 1950s and 1960s PEPLUM movies. And even though there were a couple of such movies in the 1980s revival of the genre, it was mostly a solo Hero going at it alone. The movie did ok at the box office but it wasn't a smash hit. Grace Jones could have had her own movie back in the day. She was popular and she showed in this movie that she was capable of doing her on stunts but the cast was crowded and she didn't really have much to do, which is a shame.
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