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Barb Wire

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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

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Reviews for Barb Wire

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One of those outrageous, over-the-top comic book style movies, and as such, it's kinda fun.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
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The hypocrisy level is annoying.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Allan Ulrich
Allan Ulrich
San Francisco Examiner

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.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Director David Hogan keeps the action moving and loaded with fights, gun battles and other action-trashy thrills.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

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.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

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.

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Barb Wire isn't much when it comes to either deliberate or inadvertent humor.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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The whole film is nothing more than just a tease, not worth the bother.

Full Review Source: Cinematter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Buxom babes, big explosions, and black leather. Hey, pal, what more do you want?

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

The movie is predominantly a sexual tease, albeit one without appreciably more nudity than you can see in 1968's Barbarella.

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01/01/00
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

Forget straight to video. This should have been straight to hell.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
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Oz
Oz
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A convoluted mess, but there have been worse.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

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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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
 
 
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