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
Pamela Anderson
Barbara Kopetski / Barb Wire
Temuera Morrison
Axel Hood
Victoria Rowell
Dr. Corrina Devonshire
Jack Noseworthy
Charlie Kopetski
Udo Kier
Curly
Steve Railsback
Colonel Pryzer
Xander Berkeley
Alexander Willis
John Paxton
Smooth
Joey Sagal
Fred the Bartender
Ai Wan
China
Clint Howard
Schmitz
Jennifer Banko
Spike
Nicholas Worth
Ruben
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.
US
