Rotten
The irony of this style, with its high-swank grunge clutter, is that it's too dissociated to have coherence even as pop; we're always aware that we're watching sets being photographed.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Barb Wire
Don't call me babe!
1996 · 1h 38m · R
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
David Hogan
Overview
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.
Director and cast
- David Hogan Director
- Pamela Anderson as Barbara Kopetski
- Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood
- Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina Devonshire
- Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski
- Udo Kier as Curly
- Steve Railsback as Colonel Pryzer
- Xander Berkeley as Alexander Willis
- John Paxton as Smooth
- Joey Sagal as Fred the Bartender
- Candace Kita as Dancer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Its main source is a comic book, but it might as well be a computer.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The film's haphazardly edited, lacks narrative clout, and rambles on to a ludicrously extended conclusion.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
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.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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