Barb Wire Movie Review 1996

"Don't call me babe!" That'll be difficult when the figure in question is Anderson Lee's big-screen take on Dark Horse comic book heroine Barb Wire. Barb runs the sleazy Hammerhead Bar & Grille in Steel Harbor, the only neutral city in an America torn by a second civil war, and reluctantly agrees to aid hunky resistance leader Axel (Morrison) on a dangerous peace mission. Pambo gives Stallone a fight for the action title--fetching in high heels and black leather--with lots of fire power and a take-no-prisoners attitude. Plot's secondary to pulchritude but, unfortunately, the movie's just not a lotta fun.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Dream Girls, Adapted from Comics, War, General, Bar & Grill, Mercenaries

Screenplay

Chuck Pfarrer, Ilene Chaiken

Cast

Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Jack Noseworthy, Victoria Rowell, Xander Berkeley, Udo Kier, Steve Railsback, Clint Howard, Tony Bill

Cinematography

Rick Bota

Director

David Hogan

Music

Michel Colombier

Producer

Michael Richardson, Brad Wyman, Todd Moyer, Peter Heller, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films, Dark Horse Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1996: Worst New Star (Anderson).