This is a decent sword & sorcery film centered around the comic book character. Red Sonja initially appeared in Roy Thomas’ Conan the Barbarian comic series in 1973, drawing inspiration from Robert E. Howard's Red Sonya of his short story “The Shadow of the Vulture,” which takes place in the Ottoman Empire during the 1500s. Thomas simply relocated her to Howard’s fictional Hyborian Age setting. The 1985 film starr…

"Red Sonja" feels like an unfinished, action-packed fantasy adventure. It’s obvious that this movie wasn't given much attention or refinement; it doesn’t come close to the quality of previous versions, including the 1985 film. The plot is fairly standard and not particularly engaging. The characters don’t do much to improve things either, seeming rather shallow and two-dimensional. The action sequences, which m…