Barb Wire? Why You Don't Remember Pamela Anderson's Movie
Pam & Tommytouches upon the release of Barb Wire, the 1996 movie that Pamela Anderson and her team had hoped would her movie career. The eight-part Hulu series focuses heavily on Pamela and Tommy’s lives during the leak of the stolen tape, while also delving into Pam’s personal and professional motivations. Why does the name Barb Wire not strike as something familiar in popular consciousness?
Anderson was already riding the wave of fame due to her consistent and memorable presence through five seasons of Baywatch, offering the perfect segway for her to launch her movie career. Enter Barb Wire, a superhero film based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, which was co-written by Ilene Chaiken. Despite high hopes of the studio and Anderson’s faith that the movie would do well, Barb Wire was a disastrous flop as it was critically panned and received nominations for multiple Golden Raspberry Awards.
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As a film released in 1996, Barb Wire takes place in a dystopia of sorts, the year 2017, during the Second American Civil War. Anderson, obviously, is the titular Barb Wire, a nightclub owner who is essentially a mercenary and bounty hunter. The plot follows the existence of a bioweapon, which is in possession of a former government scientist, who wishes to escape to Canada to expose the nefarious plans concerning the weapon itself. However, when a pair of contraband lenses that are essential for evading airport security arrive at Barb’s nightclub, she must make a choice between what’s right and what pays well.
Barb Wire is an extremely loose adaptation of Casablanca, without any of the original’s depth, charm, or thematic insight. There are hardly
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