Barb Wire

Barb Wire

Don't call me babe!

Rating

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Release Date

5/2/1996

Runtime

98 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$3,793,614

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A campy, tongue-in-cheek action romp where a leather-clad nightclub owner bounty hunter navigates a pulp sci-fi dystopia with gleeful B-movie energy. It's aggressively unserious, knowing exactly what it is and reveling in it.

Mood

AbsurdPlayfulExhilarating

Themes

FreedomIdentityCorruption

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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