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- 1985
- PG-13
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 29 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 29 m
Summary A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
- 1985
- PG-13
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 29 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 29 m
Red Sonja
35
4.6
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Summary A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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17% Mixed
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67% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
35
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
67% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
It's a great-looking film, filled with wildly imaginative sets and costumes that would have done the Maestro proud, and veteran director Richard Fleischer (The Vikings) rises to the occasion with some sharply staged action scenes. With Nielsen's minimal English rubbing up against the fractured locutions of costar Arnold Schwarzenegger, the dialogue passages don't exactly play like Noel Coward, but this is a movie that succeeds rousingly well on its own humble, Saturday-night terms.
Red Sonja [based on stories by Robert E. Howard] returns to those olden days when women were women and the menfolk stood around with funny hats on until called forth to be whacked at.
User Score
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Based on 31 User Ratings
4.6
29% Positive
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32% Negative
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User Score
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Based on 31 User Ratings
4.6
29% Positive
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32% Negative
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Worst of all, there's a charmless brat prince for Sonja to take under her wing. Pap, and Fleischer - who at least brought a touch of humour to Conan the Destroyer - should know better.
This is going to be more of a consumer warning than a traditional film review, because Red Sonja is like a can of dog food covered by a label featuring a picture of a sirloin steak.
Sure, there are a few funny moments here and there with several obviously intended jokes, but director Richard Fleischer never milks the elements of self-parody for what they're worth.
Mr. Fleischer brings absolutely no playfulness to what might, at least, have been enjoyably light. And he brings out the worst in a cast that was ill-chosen to begin with. The most memorable thing about the film is the costume/production design by Danilo Donati, which is genuinely demented. Even the horses wear too much junk jewelry.
