"Sit", she tells the dog, much to the drunk's displeasure. But whatever the answer, it still gets a laugh when a rowdy customer finds his genitals in the mouth of her rabid Rottweiler. It's amusing to try and guess whether Pam knew she was being kitsch or whether she genuinely believed she was giving a good performance. Yet beyond those first few scenes we have an action movie that contains above-average scripting for the genre, and some fun moments. The scenes that follow also contain a torture sequence that is not only misguided in its attempt to arouse but also transparent in its purpose for expository dialogue. Maybe the opening moments Anderson Lee exposing her bare nipples while water washes over them to a baying crowd are tacky and unnecessary. The landscape she occupies is an excitingly neon world of legalised prostitution, engineered diseases and sophisticated contact lenses. Or would its 2017 planes really be so old-fashioned? Barb is a neutral bar owner during a war by day (ring a bell?) a vixen for hire by night. But most significantly, it shares multiple plot similarities with Casablanca, and I honestly suspect that this was intentional. ![]() Batman, Never Say Never Again and even The A-Team are all parodied. What really appeals is in seeing the sheer amount of cinema pastiches the film rigs up. A vibrant, witty and well-directed cartoon for the screen, its constant energy is a delight. While it's easy to lump both these films together as trash entertainment, Barb Wire is so much more than that. Of course she can't act she only manages one expression throughout the whole two hours but her assured performance is wonderful here. Released the following year, this saw the now Pamela Anderson Lee as the titular character, a Barbarella of the 90s. If Anderson's role in the predictable Naked Souls was peripheral (and also completely irrelevant to the plot), then Barb Wire sees her take over the screen. Dean Stockwell, in a minor role, is wasted in stuff like this. What disturbs is that all the victims of the killer are nude women I mean, who gets into a swimming pool naked? meaning the film uses sexual violence as titillation. It's all very silly and derivative, also involving a Faustian pact with a mysterious benefactor. ![]() Her boyfriend, decently played by Brian Krause, is studying brain wave patterns and accidentally crosses his own with that of a serial killer. Anderson is an artist, specialising in plaster-casting nude women, rubbing mixture over their breasts while they proclaim "it feels kinda sexy". A cheap and exploitative "erotic thriller" where Pammie exposes her left breast within the first three minutes of the movie. 1995's Naked Souls kept making me look for the "TV Movie" credit that wasn't there. I mean, you'd just HAVE to watch it, wouldn't you? Just to see how bad it was. Picture this: a Pamela Anderson science fiction double bill on television.
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