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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 01/26/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins Studio: Polygram USA Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superhero Film, Sci-Fi Action See Also: Barb Wire [Unrated]

Set in the year 2017, Barb Wire takes place after democracy has fallen and a fascist military junta has taken over the U.S. government, plotting to wipe out the country with Red Ribbon, a laboratory-manufactured disease derived from the AIDS virus. The entire test city of Topeka has been annihilated, and only the small bastion of Steel Harbor remains the last free zone in the country, conveniently the home of the title heroine Pamela Lee. Barb, a leather-clad, silicon-stretched motorcycle mama, happens to carry antibodies for Red Ribbon in her DNA, thus making her an enemy of the state. She sets out to defend freedom and take down the evil government by posing as a stripper and seducing foolish male adversaries with her well-displayed assets. The plot thickens as she happens upon her freedom-fighter ex-lover and his wife (much in the vein of Casablanca). ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

Pamela Anderson - Barb Wire
Temuera Morrison - Axel Hood
Victoria Rowell - Cora D
Jack Noseworthy - Charlie Kopetski
Xander Berkeley - Alexander Willis

David Hogan's Barb Wire comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a French soundtrack and a second English soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are no subtitles on this release. Supplemental materials include filmographies, a theatrical trailer, outtakes, and a photo gallery. This is a good disc, probably better than a film of this quality deserves. Fans of Pamela Anderson will not be let down by this DVD. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide