Watched: 02/15/2026
Format: Kanopy
Viewing: First
Director: M.J. Bassett
Jim had been rec'ing this movie at me for a while, and the man knows me well.
Heads up - most people are going to dismiss this movie, and that's fine. And maybe my reasons for saying "this is kind of cool" won't add up, but here we go.
I have no idea what the budget was for Red Sonja (2025) but it's certainly not a $150 million. So, this is a movie that does a lot of "you get the idea" hand waving with FX and sets, etc... that was part and parcel of exactly this kind of movie when it was starring Brigitte Nielsen and making me stay up way too late on a Saturday in middle school. And, in fact, I'm kind of wondering if we lost something about the charm and allure of those movies when all they had were talent in front of and behind the camera, where a movie would sink or swim based on story and characters. And cool ideas. We couldn't just smother everything with CGI.