Barb Wire is a 1996 American action-science fiction film based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name. Brad Wyman produced, and David Hogan directed. Barb Wire stars Pamela Anderson Lee in the title role. The plot of the film is loosely based on the plot of Casablanca. Barb Wire is set in 2017 during the "Second American Civil War," rather than World War II. Many of the roles had their gender switched. Barb Wire owns the Hammerhead, a nightclub in Steel Harbor — "the last free city" in a United States ravaged by the civil war — and she brings in extra cash working... as a mercenary and bounty hunter. Chief of Police Willis raids her club. Willis's target is fugitive Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire , a former government scientist with information about a bioweapon being developed by her former superior, Colonel Pryzer of the Congressional Directorate. Dr. Devonshire hopes to escape to Canada in order to make this information public. Devonshire turns up the heat at the Hammerhead.
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| Release date: | May 3, 1996 |
| Directed by: | David Hogan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brad Wyman, Mike Richardson, Todd Moyer |
| Editor: | Peter Schink |
| Music by: | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography: | Rick Bota |
| Screenplay by: | Chuck Pfarrer, Ilene Chaiken |
| Estimated budget: | $23,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Casablanca |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy |