Red Sonja

1985

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

47
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 21% · 28 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 44715 44.7K

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Plot summary

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.


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September 30, 2014 at 10:45 AM

Top cast

Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja
Sandahl Bergman as Queen Gedren
Sven-Ole Thorsen as Bodyguard of Lord Brytag
1080p.BLU
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
24.000 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Smells_Like_Cheese 7 / 10

A fun guilty pleasure

OK, I know I'm going to either get a lot of hate for this and a lot of confused emails, but Red Sonja to me is an ultimate guilty pleasure. My sister and I used to watch this movie all the time when we were kids, we both wanted to so badly fight with Red Sonja and be apart of the group. So oddly, after years of not watching this since I was a kid, my sister and I found the DVD for 5 dollars and decided to watch it. Oh, the things that are so wrong with this film that makes it so right again. Looking to be a spin off of Conan, we were introduced to Red Sonja played by Flava-Flav's ultimate true love, Bridgitte Nielson. The 6 foot tall drink of glass shows us that this was her acting class as she rehearses her lines as if she had just read them the night before and screams "Gedren, where are you?!" while moving her mouth in the strangest way. She teams up with world's other tall drink of … beef(?) Arnold Schwarzenegger as they battle it out on who can act the worst? Well, who knows who will win with this silly story.

A large temple full of white-robed priestesses are getting ready to destroy a large, glowing green orb called the Talisman. This dangerous artifact's destructive power increases from exposure to light and the priestesses intend to destroy it before it gets out of control. However, the evil Queen Gedren and Ikol attack with their army. The warrior-priestesses resist, but are ultimately subdued by Gedren's forces. Gedren gets her hands on the Talisman, but not before proving the myth that only women can touch it and survive. Gedren orders the remaining priestesses to be imprisoned in the vault which held the Talisman. One of those priestesses, Varna, manages to escape. She doesn't get far before she's mortally wounded by an arrow in the back. As luck would have it, she literally falls into the arms of the mighty Lord Kalidor. She begs him to help find her sister, Red Sonja. Sonja has been training with a Chinese sword master when Kalidor informs Sonja about her sister. Sonja arrives just in time for Varna to tell her about what happened at the temple. Before dying, Sonja's sister urges her to find the Talisman and destroy it, or else the world will be destroyed.

Everything about this movie is bad, but that's what I love about it. You know how sometimes you just need a bad movie that you can make fun of and have a good time with? Supposedly, Arnold Schwarzenegger jokes that he uses this movie as punishment for his kids when they act up. Is it that bad? It is bad, but it's a ton of fun. I loved the action, Arnold fighting Bridgitte for her love as no man may have her unless he's trying to kill her, lol. I loved the last fight scene between Red Sonja and Queen Gedren, Gedren loves pulling a ton of jump cuts on her as well as one of Gedren's wizards who is using vodoo to cut Sonja to weaken her, then when she discovers the wizard, instead of him cutting her again, he just stands there, lol. Also the little Prince Tarn with Falkon was classic and they worked so well together. I think the scene that made me laugh the most was when Red Sonja, Prince Tarn and Falkon are stuck in the cave with the machine dragon and Arnold is just riding around with it making it look more like a roller coaster ride rather than a fight for his life, lol! My opinion, if a movie entertains you even if it is bad, why fight it? This is a good bad movie and I know I will always enjoy it. My recommendation being if you have an open mind and decide to just let go and enjoy the ride Red Sonja takes you on, take it or leave it.

7/10

Reviewed by Woodyanders 8 / 10

Enjoyably kitschy big budget fantasy nonsense

Fierce'n'feisty redhead warrior woman Red Sonja (ineptly played with endearingly awkward woodenness by the gorgeous Brgitte Nielson) vows revenge on the evil Queen Gedren (ripely overplayed with deliciously campy'n'zampy panache by the stunning Sandahl Bergman, who looks absolutely smashing in a form-fitting black spandex outfit), who slaughtered Sonja's people and has stolen a powerful magical orb that could possibly destroy the world. Gallant master swordsman Kalidor (essayed with charming stiffness by Arnold Schwarzenegger) helps Sonja out. Director Richard Fleischer, working from a sublimely silly script by Clive Exton and George McDonald, treats the blithely inane story with gloriously ludicrous seriousness, thereby giving this jaw-dropping tosh a certain lovably asinine appeal that's impossible to either resist or dislike. Moreover, the plentiful sword fights are staged with rip-roaring skill and gusto, with the ferocious final confrontation between Sonja and Gedren rating as a definite exciting highlight. The cast has a field day with the cheerfully absurd material: Ernie Reyes Jr. as bratty and arrogant little boy Prince Tarn, Paul Smith as Tarn's loyal bodyguard Falkon, Ronald Lacey as Gedren's slimy and sniveling henchman Ikol, and Pat Roach as disgusting fat pig Brytag. Familiar Italian exploitation cinema siren Janet Agren has a small part as Sonja's ill-fated sister Varna. The flashy special effects, lush scenery, Giuseppe Rotunno's sumptuous cinematography, the lavish sets and costumes, and especially Ennio Morricone's robust and majestic full-bore orchestral score give this endearing twaddle an impressive sense of scope. A total high camp howler.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 4 / 10

A cheesy '80s sword and sorcery flick that misses more often than it hits

A sword and sorcery epic which is let down by wooden acting and a lethargic, plodding storyline. Following CONAN THE BARBARIAN and CONAN THE DESTROYER as a sort of semi-sequel, there is also a surprisingly lack of on screen violence, with only one or two beheadings, no blood spraying anywhere, people just being run through with swords. RED SONJA may not be the worst of the worst but it is pretty uninspiring.

Brigitte Nielsen stars in her first role. Surprisingly she turns out to be even more wooden than her co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nielsen might look good in a tunic but she totally lacks any natural charisma which makes her character a difficult one to like. Sadly Schwarzenegger is relegated to a supporting role in this one and he is given little to do apart from hack up some bad guys and do some silly strongman acts. Sandahl Bergman makes a good, wicked villainess but she sprouts clichéd dialogue which makes her look idiotic. Ronald Lacey also appears but is wasted in a supporting role. Look hard and you may spot Italian exploitation babe Janet Agren filling out a minor role.

The film opens with some pillaging, burning, a massacre, and a young survivor swearing vengeance. Strange, exactly the same as in both CONAN and THE BEASTMASTER. To add insult to injury there is only ONE monster in the entire film, an underwater creature made of metal which Arnie gets to ride in the film's highlight. Negative points include an annoying kid who should have been wasted and some poor comic relief. At least the ending picks up and there's ample opportunity for shots of falling rubble and a hilarious moment where Arnie holds up a pillar using just his back - he's that strong. Sadly the rest of this is a clichéd mess, to be viewed only by fans of the sword and sorcery flicks which were so popular back in the early '80s.

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