Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

bensonmum2 The plot of this movie is almost identical to the plot in any number of other sword and sorcerer movies that came out in the 80s. Other than the fact that the title character, Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen), is a woman, there's not much else in the way of originality. Red Sonja's sister is killed by an evil queen (Sandahi Bergman) intent on getting her hands on a powerful orb. Red Sonja vows revenge and goes after the queen. Along the way, she gathers a ragtag band to assist her, including Cona . . . er, I mean Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger). They'll have lots of adventures and battles along the way – leading to a final showdown between Sonja and the queen.Despite what a lot of people around the internet would lead you to believe, Red Sonja isn't horrible – well, not horrible when you compare it with a lot of the other Conan wannabes that came out in the early 80s. In fact, parts of the films are a lot of fun. There are some pretty decent fight scenes (the best being the sparring matches between Nielsen and Schwarzenegger), at least one interesting creature, and a couple of cool looking sets. I really enjoyed seeing Sandahi Bergman in the role of the queen. Here, she seems to be having a blast. Her final showdown with Nielsen is actually quite good and really gives the film a nice ending.Of all the problems you could list when discussing Red Sonja, the most obvious is the poor acting. My understanding is that prior to taking the role of Red Sonja, Brigitte Nielsen was a magazine model with no acting experience. This was her first role. Schwarzenegger has never been known as a thespian. He's fun to watch, but he's always been limited. Finally, Ernie Reyes Jr wasn't really an actor either. Here, he's just annoying. It says a lot about the quality of the cast when I can say in all honesty that Sandahi Bergman is the best actor in the film.Finally, one thing about Red Sonja I find hysterical is her repeated insistence that she needs no help - especially from a man. Yet at every tun, Cona . . . I mean Kalidor is there to save her butt. She'd have been dead half way through the film if it weren't for him.

SnoopyStyle Ruthless Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman) raizes Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)'s village. Gedren's men rape her and leave her for dead. She gets guidance from a goddess spirit and a master teacher. She becomes a powerful swordswoman. Gedren massacres priestesses guarding a powerful talisman. It gains power from the light, can level cities, can only be touched by women, and could destroy the world in 13 days. Despite refusing help from men, she is assisted by mercenary Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from time to time. She encounters the arrogant Prince Tarn and his personal guard Falkon after Gedren destroyed his city.The acting is really bad. Nielsen should not be allowed on a high school stage production. It's odd that Schwarzenegger isn't doing his Conan character. I don't get it. This should be a duo adventure with Conan and Red Sonja. Also why does he keep disappearing? The rest of the actors are all generally poor. The priestesses' fight is embarrassing. My best compliment is that Nielsen can look the part. She's statuesque and gets physical. They should have kept her dialogue to a minimum. There is a metal serpent. This is camp if I'm being kind. One can certain have fun with this silliness.

utgard14 One of the great '80s cheeseball classics. A young red-haired woman named Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) is the only survivor of a raid on her village by the evil Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman). She becomes a swordfighter and sets out to get revenge on Gedren. Oh and she swears she will not make love to any man unless he can best her in combat. Enter Arnold Schwarzenegger. Literally.Amazonian Brigitte Nielsen's performance is laughably wooden. She is attractive, though, and does well in the fight scenes. Arnold is top-billed due to his being a bigger star than Nielsen but he also does a better job acting. Not saying he would win any awards for this role but he at least gives the part some humor. Brigitte barely manages to speak her lines properly half the time. In keeping with the Conan movies, Red Sonja has comic relief sidekicks and a villain dressed all in black. Ernie Reyes and Paul Smith are the sidekicks and they're both funny. They steal the movie, really. Sandhal Bergman is the villain and she does fine considering. She was much better in Conan. The sets and props are nice. Probably were considered cheap for their time but in today's age of CGI it's nice to see people interacting with real things.It's not a bad movie of its type. You just can't take it seriously. If you enjoy cheesy sword & sorcery movies, you'll find something to like here. But if you're expecting a female equivalent of Conan the Barbarian, forget about it. It's a fun time-passer but nothing more.

dworldeater Red Sonja is,for me a guilty pleasure for sure .The best acting comes from Arnold,where he basically plays himself . Everyone else is bad,real bad. Most of the dialogue is delivered like the English overdubbing in a 1970's kung fu flick. The acting is wooden , the sets are real shoddy looking and cheap .The special f/x look like crap. Brigitte's swordfighting skills is worst, and even less convincing than her acting ,which is horrible at this point . Even so, I found this to be an improvement to Conan The Destroyer . As a fan of campy barbarian movies, Red Sonja is a lot of cheesy fun .Even with a ridiculous red mullet, Brigitte was still nice to look at and a big time 80's babe.There is cheesy, quotable dialogue and for as poorly made as this was,it is never boring and a lot of fun .This is not in the same league as Conan The Barbarian, but not a schlock grade ripoff like Ator The Fighting Eagle or the Deathstalker series .(both of which I like ) Red Sonja is not a good film,but is good entertainment for sure.