Barb Wire

Barb Wire

Ouch. One must wonder who's idea it was to have Pamela Anderson essentially play Rick from Casablanca in a Mad Max/Escape from New York futuristic wasteland. Boy, i wish i partook of the drugs that must have circulated through that room! Anyway, Pam does her best to channel Snake Plissken. Udo Kier is creepy and cool, as usual. The soundtrack leaves much to be desired, as does the horrendous editing. If only they had a few more real actors in the room, this one could have been a load of fun. Or maybe they could've gotten John Carpenter...

Barb Wire' was a good movie. If a big studio backed it with a big budget it would have been well big. "Rick's Café Américain" it's not but the pieces for a good movie were there they just couldn't put them together. With all the reboots what about giving this a chance with a better script and a bigger budget.

When this movie came out some friends and I talked about ways of getting in the theater. We were old enough to appreciate it if you catch my drift but still not legally able to see it. One plan was to have the "cool dad" buy tickets for everyone and get us in. But it never happened. It really doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the movies appeal to a group of teenage boys....... So many years later I finally did watch it out of nostalgia for my younger days plus being able to look at it through a mature lens so to speak for the films plot. I mean I've read here this is something of a Casablanca remake but I still didn't follow the plot. Pam played a night club owner during a civil war named Barb Wire but I didn't picked up on much else. She also didn't like being called Babe. Not awful not great. Ultimately mindless entertainment.

This movie is a perfect fit for Pamela Anderson. The acting, the story and all one can think of that has to do with making a movie is below the worst level possible. The "good" thing about that is that this level happens to be the level where Anderson usually performs, meaning that she was perfectly casted for this waste of time and money. I expected this to be a bad movie, but it exceeded my expectations. Anderson's performance is (I don't know how she manages it) sub par and seeing the-blind-guy-called-Charlie trying to act (being blind) made me realize that by watching Barb Wire I was watching a historic movie. One of the worst movies ever made! The movie kept reminding me of Madonna's "Shanghai Surprise". Ouch! Henry Bos, Holland

This movie is not bad its actually very cool. The plot is not what this movie is all about but Pam's lovely body and outfits. She looks sexy in everything she is in and fans have been able to enjoy her in her recent FHM, Loaded, ICE, Maxim shoots here in the UK and US. In this film however its pam heaven as the title credits is a very sexy strip show in which she is hosed down in her hot black leather number. Get this on DVD get the unrated version as the title sequence is longer and the disk has the full ten minute strip in an outtake. This is a film that is not for people looking for realism or something heavy and moving its for men or women if that floats your boat who like to admire the hottest woman on Earth everyone else need not apply and should get something else.

If your looking for high brow, artsy and/or packed with deep meaning then go watch something like '12 years a slave' but if you want some silly fun with a beautiful woman then 'Barb Wire' is perfect. This is for the people that like cheesy and fun, like Con Air or Batman and Robin - so if those films tickle your film bone then give this one a watch.

There is no reason to see this movie other than to see Pamela naked. And, unless you get the unrated version, she barely gets naked except for the opening credits. But what great opening credits! Never have the names of directors, writers, and producers been more titillating. Pamela is doing some sort of bar dance while being hosed down by patrons. Her astonishing, albeit manmade but who cares, body is bouncing this way and that, glistening under artsy lighting and looking, I must say, rather chilly. But seriously, don't bother with the rest of the movie. Watch the opening sequence 11 or 12 times, like I did, and then drop the movie back off at the vid store. Then, much as Pam seems to have done, go hose yourself down with some cold water.

The reason I watched it was because Baywatch was at it's height and I never seen a film with Pamela Anderson before... Other than that, the film is plain bad , it's definitely one of the worst films I ever seen and I was a teenager when I watched it... What should you expect watching it ? Batman And Robin, Peter Jackson's Bad Taste, t.; Battlefield Earth. ; Highlander 2. Anyway, if you watch it, don't watch beyond the first 5 min, it ain't worth it...

A superb film, even if you ignore the starting huge boob credits... this gal can act in a way I never knew she could..... she is SOOO fitted for this character.. the whole thing was brill... I must have seen it a dozen times, and I'm sure it won't be the last time... don't make any pre evaluations about Pamela... just see the film for what it is.. a great sci fi with a GREAT looker as a lead...