One of those outrageous, over-the-top comic book style movies, and as such, it's kinda fun.
Barb Wire (1996)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:10
Rotten:23
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Barb Wire could've been fun camp, but Pamela Anderson can't deliver her lines with any dramatic or comedic impact.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Based on the Dark Horse comic book, "Barb Wire" takes place in the town of Steel Harbor during the year 2017, after the second Civil War. Steel Harbor is one of the few cities still free from the... Based on the Dark Horse comic book, "Barb Wire" takes place in the town of Steel Harbor during the year 2017, after the second Civil War. Steel Harbor is one of the few cities still free from the grip of either government troops or rebel fighters. It is also home to blonde bombshell Barb Wire, a leather-clad, pistol packin', cycle-ridin' bounty hunter, who ALWAYS gets her man. Barb becomes enmeshed in a "Casablanca"-esque plot, involving resistance fighters, wicked federal agents, and a very special pair of contact lenses that allow the user to avoid detection by the feds. In between shootouts, explosions and chases, Barb becomes the owner of the coveted lenses. Will she use them to help the rebels? Or sell them to pay for her blind brother's operation? [More]
Starring: Pamela Anderson Lee, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Xander Berkeley
Starring: Pamela Anderson Lee, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Xander Berkeley, Jack Noseworthy, Udo Kier, Andre Brown, Clint Howard, Steve Railsback, Jennifer Banko
Director: David Hogan
Director: David Hogan
Story: Ilene Chaiken
Screenwriter: Chuck Pfarrer
Producer: Todd Moyer, Mike Richardson, Brad Wyman
Composer: Michel Colombier
Reviews for Barb Wire
There's something sad about Lee purposely sculpting her breasts to resemble basketballs, then parading around topless or nearly topless for most of the film, while her character is supposed to comically strike a blow for feminism.
Director David Hogan keeps the action moving and loaded with fights, gun battles and other action-trashy thrills.
The element of high camp that makes for enjoyable 'good trash' isn't present. Bad movies like this often generate small cult followings, and that's about the size of audience the picture deserves.
It is, after all, a comic book come to life (it's based on the Dark Horse comic series) and doesn't pretend to be about anything more than that.
Barb Wire isn't much when it comes to either deliberate or inadvertent humor.
The whole film is nothing more than just a tease, not worth the bother.
Buxom babes, big explosions, and black leather. Hey, pal, what more do you want?
The movie is predominantly a sexual tease, albeit one without appreciably more nudity than you can see in 1968's Barbarella.
There's as much sheer work in this film as in films 10 times as good -- which is both encouraging and depressing, I suppose.
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