Barb Wire is finally being released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, meaning we'll finally be able to watch the critically panned cult classic in the highest definition possible.
German company Turbine Medien is responsible for this SteelBook, likely meaning the collectors among you will need to figure out a way to import this thing. However, with so much new content on the disc, we'd expect an official U.S. release release to eventually follow.
In Barb Wire, "a sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire (Pamela Anderson Lee) moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire (Victoria Rowell) wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons."
"Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood (Temuera Morrison), who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action."
The movie, which was once expected to be Pamela Anderson's big break as a movie star, has 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, and made only $3.8 million on a $23 million budget.
Originally published by Dark Horse Comics imprint "Comics Greatest World," the original Barb Wire series ran for nine issues between 1994 and 1995, with a four-issue miniseries following in 1996 (the same year the Barb Wire movie was released).
In her Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, the Baywatch icon said, "I have no idea what happened in that movie. I don’t think anyone does." She'd later add, "Again, I like the outfit. I like the hair and makeup. A lot of times I’ll go, 'Wait, that really happened? How could that possibly happen? I’m just in shock.' So now I have the backup because the documentary is there."
Here's what you can expect from Barb Wire's 4K SteelBook ahead of its May 21 debut:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- NEW: 4K restoration from original negative with HDR and Dolby Vision from Turbine
- NEW: Improved 5.1- and 2.0 mix in German and English
- NEW: Interview with producer Todd Moyer (HD, 18 min.)*
- NEW: Interview with costume designer Rosanna Norton (HD, 18 min.)*
- NEW: Interview with Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Brown (HD, 16 min.)*
- Sexy Outtakes (9 Min.)
- Making-of** (15 Min.)
- Promo Featurette** (6 min.)
- USA/UK/DE Trailer & Teaser
- 4:3 Retro Version (Open Matte, SD, NTSC)*
- Unrated version on Blu-ray***with optional German/English subtitles
* with optional German/English subtitles
** with optional German subtitles
***since the footage of the unrated scenes has been destroyed, the scenes are included as SD upscale.
Steelbook design by Mr. Eifel & Full Slip B with artwork by Sascha Meurer