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• Phil H

  
  The third film in the 'Conan' trilogy...well it pretty much was wasn't it. This film is directed by Richard Fleischer who also directed 'Conan the Destroyer', the same studio, 'Dino De Laurentiis Company', made all three films, Sandahl Bergman was in… More
  The third film in the 'Conan' trilogy...well it pretty much was wasn't it. This film is directed by Richard Fleischer who also directed 'Conan the Destroyer', the same studio, 'Dino De Laurentiis Company', made all three films, Sandahl Bergman was in this film and 'Conan the Barbarian' and of course Arnie starred in all three. I mean lets be honest here, Arnie plays 'Lord Kalidor', the character is virtually a 'Conan' clone, I dunno why they didn't just make him 'Conan' and be done with it. I believe 'Sonja' comes from the 'Conan' universe originally (I may be wrong) so why not?. I'm guessing there may have been copyright issues somewhere. So its the same story again for this fantasy adventure, need I describe the plot?. A small band of goodies up against an evil baddie leader and all her baddie warriors who are all holed up in an intimidating fortress. Arnie rides around in his rather unattractive red sparkly jumpsuit (changes to a black number out of the blue half way through) whilst Nielsen sports a long red mullet cut, but she's still cute. This is suppose to be the weakest of the Arnie broadsword adventures but personally I don't see it. Its no worse than the other two and gives you just as much visual sorcery. In fact there's more fantasy stuff going on here than 'Barbarian', giant pet spiders, giant skeleton bridges, a metallic sea monster thingy and a silly 'Flash Gordon' style baddie wizard. This film boarders more on other films such as 'Krull' and a bit of 'Willow' in my opinion. Reasonable amounts of blood and limb chopping but not overkill. Everything looks a bit tacky later on in the film but again no worse than the other two films. Unfortunately there is an annoying kid in this film, kinda like 'Data' outta 'The Goonies' or 'Short Round' outta 'Temple of Doom' (same kid actor there), tends to give the film a more slapstick approach at times, 'Conan the Barbarian' was always the most grown up of the three. At this point I reckon Arnie was possibly getting worried he may end up typecast as a barbarian meathead in fantasy films. I can see why this was his last as all three of these films are very similar and not overly wonderful frankly. Still the musical score was always in good hands with Morricone at the helm, how did they manage that?. As a kid I loved these films, nowadays the rose tinted shades can't quite save them, amusing and naff, oh and the baddie Queen is a lesbian. Oh yeah, the whole story is down to Sonja simply rejecting her advances at the start. fancy that haha.

• AJ V

  
  Fantastic fantasy adventure movie, I loved it! Nielsen may not be the greatest actress ever on screen, but she is Sonja, she just is. All the characters around her are lovable and courageous. This movie is more than just swordplay and horses, it's got romance, comedy, and… More
  Fantastic fantasy adventure movie, I loved it! Nielsen may not be the greatest actress ever on screen, but she is Sonja, she just is. All the characters around her are lovable and courageous. This movie is more than just swordplay and horses, it's got romance, comedy, and beautiful sets too. Very enjoyable film.

• Tim S

  
  Terrible flick, but fun to watch and snicker at.

• Curtis L

  
  It's sad to find out that this movie came out as late as 1985. Other films of superior quality such as Willow had already come out, leaving this movie to look like it came from the 70's. Still, pretty cool sets for sure. The story was pretty shallow and it mostly… More
  It's sad to find out that this movie came out as late as 1985. Other films of superior quality such as Willow had already come out, leaving this movie to look like it came from the 70's. Still, pretty cool sets for sure. The story was pretty shallow and it mostly dribbles down to a bunch of sword fights (yawn). And that Asian kid was even more annoying than Shortround.

• Tsubaki S

  
  Boy did Nielsen seriously worn out more quicly than a pair of running shoes. This cheese already smelled back in those days, but it did have some fun parts.

• Kylie B

  
  Vocal performances aren't impressive (most sound like they're reading the lines off an autocue) but you can get into the story if you ignore it. I also enjoyed the spontaneous castle explosion at the end.

• Dean !

  
  More swordplay simialr to the Conan the barbarian films, but with a female lead.

• Stuart B

  
  Poor movie

• Jason S

  
  It was good but you spend the whole movie wishing that Arnold was playing Conan instead.

• xGary X

  
  Brigitte Nielsen turns in one of the most wooden, characterless performances in history in a stupid sword and thongfest kept watchable only by Arnies appearance as a Conan wannabe.

• Dean M

  
  Not bad in a sword and sorcery epic having a female lead.

• Dann M

  
  Red Sonja is a sword-and-sorcery film that attempts to capitalize on the popularity of the Conan series. Based on the works of Robert E. Howard, sword master Red Sonja sets out on a quest to destroy a talisman that an evil queen is using to destroy kingdoms. Newcomer Brigitte… More
  Red Sonja is a sword-and-sorcery film that attempts to capitalize on the popularity of the Conan series. Based on the works of Robert E. Howard, sword master Red Sonja sets out on a quest to destroy a talisman that an evil queen is using to destroy kingdoms. Newcomer Brigitte Nielsen leads the cast and is joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unfortunately, most of the characters aren't very likable or compelling; particularly Red Sonja. The action sequences are fairly good and the film is quick paced, but the story is formulaic and stale. Red Sonja is little more than a generic adventure film that lacks originality.

• Steven V

  
  Neither Brigitte Nielsen or Arnold Schwarzenegger are really good actors when it comes to dialog. But, the acting is bad and the speeded up combat sequences are pathetic. Some of the visuals are nice. Overall the movie isn't worth seeing.

• Alec B

  
  What could have been an immensely fun movie, was turned into one of the most boring things I've ever seen. Seriously, this is one of the few times I openly declare that Hollywood should bring on the remake.

• Doctor S

  
  Bwahaha! Too bad a planned remake with Rose MacGowan fell through.

• Matthew A

  
  Considering this starred Arnie, it wasn't such a thrilling movie. It was spot on average. The actress who played Red Sonja was all right. She kicked ass in action scenes and all, but not so much in acting. In fact acting in general wasn't top notch in this movie. However… More
  Considering this starred Arnie, it wasn't such a thrilling movie. It was spot on average. The actress who played Red Sonja was all right. She kicked ass in action scenes and all, but not so much in acting. In fact acting in general wasn't top notch in this movie. However there were plenty of sword-fighting action scenes, but they weren't much different from one another. I was a bit disappointed that Arnie didn't get much screen time in this. He kept on disappearing and reappearing constantly. Oh and that little cheeky kid was pretty annoying. But kid's bodyguard with a huge bone was funny though.

• Barry L

  
  Quality vixen.

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