

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.
Costume
The leather corset deserves its own billing.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI action that aged like milk, charmingly.
Director
David Hogan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Dark Horse Comics series; producers hoped for a female-led franchise to rival Batman. It did not.
This bombed so hard ($3.8M vs $9M budget) that it killed comic book movies for women until Wonder Woman 2017. Thanks, patriarchy.