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4.1A 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.
Released: 1996-05-0298 minDir: David HoganScience Fiction, Action, AdventureBudget: $9.0MBox office: $3.8M
Cast
- Pamela Anderson as Barbara Kopetski / Barb Wire
- 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
Themes
- bounty hunter
- civil war
- dystopia
- based on comic
- obesity
- b movie
- scientist bar
- electrical torture
- pretending to be a prostitute
- pressure washer
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- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 374108
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- publication date
- 1996-10-24
- title
- Barb Wire
- review score
- 40/100
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1990s feminist films1990s superhero films1996 American films1996 directorial debut films1996 English-language films1996 films1996 science fiction action films1996 science fiction filmsAmerican dystopian filmsAmerican science fiction action filmsDark Horse Entertainment filmsEnglish-language science fiction action filmsFilms based on Dark Horse ComicsFilms scored by Michel ColombierFilms set in 2017Films set in the futureGirls with guns filmsGolden Raspberry Award–winning filmsGramercy Pictures filmsLive-action films based on comicsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterSecond American Civil War speculative fiction