1985 · action · adventure · fantasy
Red Sonja (1985)
Directed by Richard Fleischer1h 29m1985
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Our read: Red Sonja (1985) (1985) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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