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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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Dec 8, 1998

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04/28/07
Washington Post

We used to complain about Hollywood travesties of great books; now we're reduced to kvetching about movies that cheapen the comic strips on which they're based.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/27/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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10/05/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The film's haphazardly edited, lacks narrative clout, and rambles on to a ludicrously extended conclusion.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

After a while [the] novelty wears off.

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12/04/02
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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The past two years have been Bad Movie manna for fans of deliriously cheesy sci-fi thrillers set in the near future.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
11/06/01
Edward Margulies
Edward Margulies
Movieline

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08/11/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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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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Its main source is a comic book, but it might as well be a computer.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/27/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Made 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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Don't bother.

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
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Montreal Film Journal

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

The whole film is nothing more than just a tease, not worth the bother.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

The most inane and inept hootfest (or, for that matter, hooterfest) to hit the big screen since Showgirls.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/11/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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

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01/01/00
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