The film's haphazardly edited, lacks narrative clout, and rambles on to a ludicrously extended conclusion.
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01/26/06
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... [More]
Starring: Pamela Anderson Lee, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Xander Berkeley
Director: David Hogan
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Reviews for Barb Wire
There isn't a scene that Anderson-Lee walks through that didn't grab my attention.
12/18/04
After a while [the] novelty wears off.
12/04/02
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.
01/01/00
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The most inane and inept hootfest (or, for that matter, hooterfest) to hit the big screen since Showgirls.
01/11/04
There's as much sheer work in this film as in films 10 times as good -- which is both encouraging and depressing, I suppose.
01/01/00
Top CriticThere'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.
01/01/00
The movie carries its cyberpunk variation right through to the end, and usually with enough wit and craziness to freshen the mix. Then, there is Pamela, whose tight, disciplined performance deserves more respect than it will almost certainly get.
04/27/07
Top CriticDon't bother.
09/10/02
The past two years have been Bad Movie manna for fans of deliriously cheesy sci-fi thrillers set in the near future.
11/06/01
Barb Wire isn't much when it comes to either deliberate or inadvertent humor.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt 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.
01/01/00
Forget straight to video. This should have been straight to hell.
01/01/00
Its main source is a comic book, but it might as well be a computer.
04/27/07
Top CriticOne of those outrageous, over-the-top comic book style movies, and as such, it's kinda fun.
01/01/01
Buxom babes, big explosions, and black leather. Hey, pal, what more do you want?
01/01/00
A convoluted mess, but there have been worse.
01/01/00
Top CriticDirector David Hogan keeps the action moving and loaded with fights, gun battles and other action-trashy thrills.
01/01/00
Top CriticMade with a wafer-thin stylishness that thinks dressing the Congressionals like storm troopers is creative, Barb Wire plods along, following one pro forma scene with the next.
02/14/01
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