Red Sonja

Red Sonja is sort of the red-headed step-sister of the Conan films. This is not a movie that was made to win any awards and is not a movie that should be taken too seriously. It is a B-movie that fits into a slew of different genres from Fantasy to Action/Adventure to Romance. It has plenty of sword play as well as arduous and poorly delivered dialogue. The movie has a female lead played by Brigitte Nielsen, a female bad guy, AND it has Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold plays Kalidor and although he has a large part in the film, this is really Nielsen's movie. Her character, Red Sonja, joins forces with unlikely allies to achieve their separate goals. Red Sonja is on a journey of revenge. Kalidor is on a journey of duty. Prince Tarn (Ernie Reyes, Jr.) is on a journey to be crowned the most annoying character in the entire film. And they all have pretty successful journeys. Red Sonja is like a pet that is so ugly that your brain is tricked into thinking it is cute. I love this cute movie.