Barb Wire story

movie: Barb Wire (1996) · 1996-05-03

Set in the year 2017, a foxy nightclub owner with an independent streak who moonlights as a mercenary get drawn into a movement that is resisting a fascist government that had taken hold across much of the United States.

17 total · 6 major · 11 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
biological weapons major The resistors were trying to prevent the fascist-like Congressional Council from using a new bioweapon called Red Ribbon to end the ongoing Second American Civil War.
civil war major The year is 2017 and the story set during the middle of the Second American Civil War.
fascism major The Congressional Council, with their Nazi-like uniforms and anti-democratic ways, ruled much of the United States.
female independence major Barb's catchphrase "don't call me babe" sums up the air of female independence that she exuded throughout the film.
resistance movement major Barb was helping a group of spirited resistance members against the now-fascist United States government in their effort to get a defector scientist across the border to Canada.
speculative future event major The year is 2017 and the story set during the middle of the Second American Civil War.
alcohol abuse minor Charlie had turned to the bottle after being blinded while fighting in the civil war.
black markets minor The junkyard gang leader Big Fatso plotted to sell a pair of contraband pair of contact lenses on the black market.
blindness minor Charlie was blind.
brother and sister minor Barb and her alcoholic, blind, civil war veteran younger brother, Charlie.