Barb Wire | | Cast : | Pamela Anderson | | Director : | David Hogan | | Studio : | Universal Studios Ho | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 03, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | May 27, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 23, 2005 | | Summary | A Big Pair of 38's And a Couple Of Guns Too!!! | Content
 | In this movie we see a stripping , wet Pamela Anderson with bleached blonde hair and large breasts and yet she still doesn't like to be called "babe" for some obscure reason. I say if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then IT IS a duck.Pamela hunts down the bad guys with her two big 38's and she has a couple of guns too. I used to think that Pamela had big things ahead of her in the movies since she had big things ahead of her but sadly this intended "Star Vehicle" for her crashes and burns very badly. I give this movie 5 stars because I kind of like the clothes (or lack of ) that she is wearing. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2005 | | Summary | Just have fun | Content
| Okay, this isn't an Oscar-level movie. But once again the movie critics are taking themselves MUCH too seriously. A long time ago I was taught that the three questions a reviewer has to ask are:
What was done?
Was it done well?
Was it worth doing?
Based on those criteria, this movie deserves a lot more respect than it gets.
What was done? The filmmakers set out to do an outlandish remake of Casablanca. But where Casablanca was intended as social commentary (not surprising since it came out in 1942) and although this movie does pay homage to that class of commentary, their main goal was to HAVE FUN!
Was it done well? If they had set out to make a brilliantly acted Oscar-worthy film, then you could say it wasn't done well. There are holes in the plot you could drive a truck through. And no one can argue that the dialog or the script or the acting is Oscar-level material. But this movie set out simply to have some fun and use Pamela Anderson to provide it. She is not and will never be a brilliant actress. But (as subsequent projects have proven) she is much more intelligent than most people give her credit for and she carries out the role of the "shoot-em-up" bounty hunter very well. The special effects are also well-done, and the fact that people can fire 3000 bullets at her and she doesn't get hit is reminiscent of the old B-movie westerns with the good guys in the white hats and the bad guys in the black hats. You want an example of how the movie KNOWS it is just fun? Check out the first real shooting scene (in the hotel room), at the end of which you see a shot of her hand. She says something like, "Oh, shit" because in the mayhem she broke a fingernail.
Don't expect this movie to be what it isn't and you won't be so hard on it.
Was it worth doing? Sometimes we want to watch a movie just so we can escape for awhile from the drudgery and disappointments in our daily lives. We don't want to think, we don't want to cry. We just want a diversion. And that's what we got. The film never lets up, so you have no chance to be "pulled back" from it into your own problems. YES!!! A simple diversion done well is worth doing.
Oh, yes. Pamela Anderson is gorgeous and she knows it. But knowing it is not a crime. She has fun with it and doesn't take it too seriously. Neither should you. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 27, 2005 | | Summary | Great Action Film... | Content
| This film is ssssooo good!!! i was so shocked, because my cousin and I used to make fun of Barb Wire, but now I do not dare... for Barb Wire is awesome and will kick your bum if you call her "babe"..."dont call me babe" she says to those who cross her path. This movie is so cool... the deleted footage is complete 100% smut trash, but the movie itself is very funny. Barb Wire is a secret agent who must steal the RETNAL LENSES and retreat from STEAL HARBOR to Canada. Anyways, I recomend this to all over the age of whenever they are mature enough to see Pamela Anderson fight crime in Steal Harbor. (?) |
| Rating | | | Date | January 25, 2005 | | Summary | An amazing piece of cinematography ! | Content
| This work of genius is something that all self respecting Americans should own, and I don't just mean the guys.
It is true to say the appendages that adorn the lead role are not insurmountable but aside from this the potential for depth in this film is amazing. The thought that has been put into a story line that would A. make sense and B. involve the viewer has obviously been considered for a second or two at some point during the creation of this masterpiece of celluloid accomplishment. To sum this film up in one word I would say "palatable". Buy it..... if you dare !!
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| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2004 | | Summary | Fortunately, it is not this easy... | Content
| Wow. Now this is not good. However, the movie sets its level right away, by having a stripping, dancing wet Barb (Anderson) already in the introduction of the movie. So, there you have what this movie is all about. Sure you get some violence, explosions and bad costumes as a bonus. Clearly, there is no relevant story in the movie, all revolves around (Barb) to show her off in different ways. The mentioned costumes are almost offending to the audience. Whoever responsible for them clearly did not work very hard. Barb competes with herself to wear some leather-thing that shows off as much as possible, but actually must be considered well dressed as compared to other ladies. The villains wear something that bear a striking resemblance to nazi-uniforms. Well sure, we know who's the bad guys, thank you. And some other people wear broken calculators and other piece of machinery that you'll find in a scrap-heap as hats, and are automatically dressed up like guys from the future. If it was this easy to make a good movie, I could have made it myself. Fortunately it is not, and Barb Wire is not a good movie. But, and this is a mysterious but, I actually didn't get bored out of my mind and switched off. The movie actually, in some way, had some small piece of entertainment value throughout that made me stay. And that something, whatever it was, is what ultimately saves the movie from being complete junk. So, if you have absolutely nothing else to do, you may want to watch this one, once. You may get some ideas how to (or not to) dress for the next masquerade. |
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