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Barb Wire is set in a dystopian future America during a second civil war, where nightclub owner and bounty hunter Barb Wire finds herself caught between rebels, government forces and an old lover carrying world-changing secrets. Based on the Dark Horse Comics character, the film mixed action, cyberpunk and 90s attitude with Pamela Anderson front and centre. Barb Wire is a Dark Horse Comics screen adaptation from 1995, sitting in the wider Comic Movie DB archive as one of the movie entries that helps connect page-to-screen storytelling beyond the obvious cape-and-cowl crowd. The page is especially useful for readers tracking the people involved, with Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Udo Kier, Victoria Rowell, Xander Berkeley among the main names connected to the project. Behind the camera, David Hogan gives the adaptation its shape, helping define whether it leans more into spectacle, character drama, genre thrills or straight-up comic-book chaos. We have rated this 7 out of 10, which makes it a worthwhile entry to revisit when comparing how well comic properties translate across different studios, eras and audience expectations. For SEO and fan discovery, it belongs here because it adds context to the bigger comic movie timeline: not every adaptation has to be perfect, but each one says something about the genre, the audience it was chasing and the kind of stories studios believed could work on screen.
Director
David Hogan
Released
March 5, 1996
Runtime
1 hr 38 min
Genres
action
adventure
crime
drame
Rated
15
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Dark Horse Comics
Updated
12 May 2026
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Barb Wire Review 7/10
We have rated this 7 out of 10. Barb Wire is unapologetically a product of the 90s—loud, stylish and mostly running on attitude. Pamela Anderson is the entire marketing campaign and the film knows it. Beneath the leather and explosions, there is basically Casablanca hiding in there, which somehow makes it even more entertaining. It is not subtle and not especially deep, but it has enough cult energy to remain memorable. A gloriously chaotic Dark Horse adaptation.
Did You Know?
- Barb Wire is based on the Dark Horse Comics character.
- Pamela Anderson stars as Barb Wire.
- The film was released in 1996.
- It is heavily inspired by Casablanca.
- David Hogan directed the movie.
- Temuera Morrison plays Axel Hood.
- Victoria Rowell plays Dr. Corrina Devonshire.
- The film became a cult favourite despite poor reviews.
- It is one of the more unusual Dark Horse adaptations.
- The comic version is very different in tone from the film.
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