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Barb Wire

Barb Wire

Don't call me babe!

19964.11h 38mR

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.

Directed by David Hogan
Written by Chris Warner, Ilene Chaiken, Chuck Pfarrer
Produced by Mike Richardson, Brad Wyman, Todd Moyer
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $3.8M

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Top Cast

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

Barbara Kopetski / Barb Wire

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Axel Hood

Victoria Rowell

Victoria Rowell

Dr. Corrina Devonshire

Jack Noseworthy

Jack Noseworthy

Charlie Kopetski

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Curly

Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

Colonel Pryzer

Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley

Alexander Willis

John Paxton

John Paxton

Smooth

Joey Sagal

Joey Sagal

Fred the Bartender

C

Candace Kita

Dancer

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Themes & Keywords

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About Barb Wire

Barb Wire is a science fiction, action, adventure film released in 1996 exploring themes of bounty hunter, civil war, dystopia, based on comic, obesity, b movie. Directed by David Hogan, it stars Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell. 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.

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