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Synopsis: Barb Wire is the sexiest, toughest woman in Steel Harbor, a city marked by chaos and crime, providing a home for a new kind of mercenary.
Starring: Amir Aboulela, Adriana Alexander
Supporting actors: David Andriole, Vanessa Lee Asher, Ron Balicki, Jennifer Banko, Candace Kita, Xander Berkeley, Tony Bill, Alex Bookston, Gil Borgos, Andre Rosey Brown, Mark Collver, Tina Cote, Vinnie Curto, Shelly Desai, Miles Dougal, Ken Forsgren, Darrel Heath, Clint Howard, Neil Hunt, Diana Lee Inosanto
Directed by: David Hogan
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Release year: 1996
Studio: Universal Studios
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and nudity/sexuality.
ASIN: B000ID1IQY (Rental) and B000I9VOX0 (Purchase)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,103 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)
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Rental rights: 24 hour viewing period, play online or download to one location. Details
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Compatible with: Mac and PC online viewing, Windows PC download, TiVo DVRs, Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link, Roku player, compatible portable video devices. System requirements
Format: Amazon Video on Demand (streaming online video and digital download)
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Barb Wire DVD ~ Pamela Anderson

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: May 02, 1996
  • MPAA: Rated R for violence and nudity/sexuality.
  • Production Company: Dark Horse Entertainment, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films
  • USA Box Office: $ 3 Million
  • Also Known As: Barb·Wire
  • Filming Locations: Long Beach, California, USA | Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just have fun, June 30, 2005
By Writerdana "Dana" (Northeast USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barb Wire (DVD)
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.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Redeemed from its awfulness by its sheer gall., November 29, 2000
By Beau Yarbrough (Hesperia, CA) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Barb Wire (DVD)
"Barb Wire" is not a good film. Honestly, it's a one or two star film at best, save that it does the unthinkable: It's a scene-for-scene remake of "Casablanca," set in a post-apocalyptic future, with Pamela Anderson replacing Humphrey Bogart.

The sheer cheek involved in doing this -- I would love to have been in the pitch meeting for "Barb Wire" -- really makes this a hoot to watch and redeems its awfulness. Each scene from "Casablanca" that's cheerfully trashed is a laugh riot to watch, once you relax and stop worrying about Humphrey Bogart spinning in his grave.

Easily the most fun I've ever had watching a "bad" movie and good (extremely) mindless fun.

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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars So bad it's good!, October 25, 1999
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This review is from: Barb Wire (Unrated) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I'm not a Pamela Anderson fan, and (as a woman) I'm not really interested in cleavage. I was more-or-less forced to watch this at a friend's house. But I have to admit "That's Entertainment!!" Bad dialog, ridiculous fight scenes, and every unbelievable reason for Pam to dress in tight, black leather. Anyone who took this as a serious movie needs a CAT-scan. The ultimate in camp! Thoroughly enjoyable for the same reason that people slow down for accidents on the freeway or eat cheese out of a spray-can. After seeing this, I have to believe that Ms. Anderson is far more intelligent than she lets on. This could only have been done tongue-in-cheek as the trite scene of the shapely heroine limping away from the battlefield complaining, "Dammit - I broke a nail" could never have been included in a serious picture. If you're going to watch this, do yourself a favor and get the director's cut "with extra cleavage!" Those who know me and have seen this movie will understand the inclusion of "Don't call me Babe" and "Get in line" in my vocabulary.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Watched with the sound off sometimes.
Yes this certainly is not a serious film, and the acting by several of the artists can only be described as wooden, but there are some funny bits and there is no neglecting Pam in... Read more
Published 9 months ago by John Erickson

5.0 out of 5 stars Tight leather outfit on Pam......Sexy & Hot
Okay, so this film didn't win any oscars and some people didn't care for it, myself personally being the diehard Pamela Anderson fan, I just had to get this movie to add to my Pam... Read more
Published 14 months ago by rawbarbwire

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Call Me Babe
If you read in the reviews that this was one of the worst movies of Pam Anderson and of all time, don't believe it. Read more
Published on October 20, 2007 by Marlena Stinebaugh

5.0 out of 5 stars Scale BARB WIRE - a deliciously misguided sci-fi remake of ... CASABLANCA?!
The years between 1994 and 1996 were Bad Movie manna for fans of deliriously cheesy sci-fi thrillers set in the near future, what with JOHNNY MNEMONIC, STRANGE DAYS and John... Read more
Published on July 29, 2007 by the masked reviewer

4.0 out of 5 stars Mind Candy
This Movie fit right in my collection between Tombraider, Electra, Heavy Metal, Aon Flux, & The Quick & The Dead. "Bad A$$ Babes With Weapons! Read more
Published on July 29, 2007 by James M. Andrew

5.0 out of 5 stars Pam Anderson
To me this is a clasic. Pam looks stunning and is probably in her best acting role ever. She's bad and beautiful in this one, so it's a keeper.
Published on May 15, 2007 by Lawrence R. Morris

5.0 out of 5 stars Pam Anderson at her best
I am a big Pam anderson fan and she looks great in this series of movies
Published on May 7, 2007 by Robert D. Porto

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I wanted to see
I saw this movie in the theater when it came and I thought it was great then. It's everything I wanted to see--Pammy in a new sexy outfit in every scene.
Published on March 22, 2007 by Reno Johnny

4.0 out of 5 stars "Don't Call Me Babe!"
Pamela Anderson stars in this fast-paced and sexy movie about a gorgeous bounty hunter trying to survive during the second American Civil War. Read more
Published on September 8, 2006 by Jeffrey T. Munson

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great
A million times better than the crap classic Casablanca, Barb Wire at least has all the good elements for a perfect film. Read more
Published on February 16, 2006 by Lb worshiper

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