
Barb Wire
Taste attributes: actionscience fictionfastlightimaginarysimpleglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding
"Don't call me babe!"
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, pacy sci-fi film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like pace over patience.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
4.0 /10
TMDB · 265 votes
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What lines up
- Linearity: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
Cast
- Pamela Anderson
- Temuera Morrison
- Victoria Rowell
- Jack Noseworthy
- Udo Kier
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
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