Mix together sword-and-sorcery and post-apocalyptic elements, add a dose of political allegory (note the Communist and Nazi symbols), a contemporary music score and some surreal moments that seem to have come straight out of Monty Python (a bridge guard who multiplies every time you chop off one of his limbs) and you have this bizarre film that is neither a straight adventure nor exactly a spoof. It suffers from an overly episodic structure, but it benefits from Sandahl Bergman and Quin Kessler as the two muscular, beautiful Amazon warriors who are as proficient with a sword as with any other weapon. Both actresses are perfectly cast and do their roles justice, capturing the right "always-ready-for-a-fight" mentality. How anyone can give this film a "1" when there are, at the very least, these two amazing women to look at is beyond me! (**)
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So incredibly bad one has to be amused. Switch off all critical faculties and ROFL!
boltar46913 August 2019
If Monty Python threw together a Road Warrior spoof after a 3 day binge using a paint sprayer weilded by a rhesus monkey as their key script writing tool...
Nah, not quite fair. As many other reviewers have said, this movie manages to be class A cheese. It manages to be sufficiently entertaining to not deserve shredding by Mystery Science Theater 3000 - one needs to hear the incredibly ridiculous dialog without interference!
There is a pretty reasonable supply of eye candy headed up by Sandahl Bergman and her trusty Amazon lieutenant, who also seem to be the only people with any fencing training. Most sword fights involving men are basically aimless waving of cheesy looking weapons.
But the true charm of this effort is the degree of "OMG how can they POSSIBLY top the sheer ludicrousness of THIS bad guy encounter with the next one?" The writers consistently fail to disappoint!
The ending did kind of tick me off - something is left unresolved in direct violation of a prediction from an oracle type near the beginning.
And the landscapes totally violate the Law of Post Apocalyptic Uninhibitable Desert - everything is either small cities or dense forest, a couple of decades after a mutation inducing nuclear holocaust!
Oh - Ms. Bergman's so-so acting in Schwarzenegger vehicles was orders of magnitude better than her sleepwalking through this role
But let such quibbles go. Acceptable outrageously awful mindless fun!
Nah, not quite fair. As many other reviewers have said, this movie manages to be class A cheese. It manages to be sufficiently entertaining to not deserve shredding by Mystery Science Theater 3000 - one needs to hear the incredibly ridiculous dialog without interference!
There is a pretty reasonable supply of eye candy headed up by Sandahl Bergman and her trusty Amazon lieutenant, who also seem to be the only people with any fencing training. Most sword fights involving men are basically aimless waving of cheesy looking weapons.
But the true charm of this effort is the degree of "OMG how can they POSSIBLY top the sheer ludicrousness of THIS bad guy encounter with the next one?" The writers consistently fail to disappoint!
The ending did kind of tick me off - something is left unresolved in direct violation of a prediction from an oracle type near the beginning.
And the landscapes totally violate the Law of Post Apocalyptic Uninhibitable Desert - everything is either small cities or dense forest, a couple of decades after a mutation inducing nuclear holocaust!
Oh - Ms. Bergman's so-so acting in Schwarzenegger vehicles was orders of magnitude better than her sleepwalking through this role
But let such quibbles go. Acceptable outrageously awful mindless fun!
"Shanda, this has nothing to do with sense."
Hey_Sweden28 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
"She" is a wild, tacky, cheesy amalgam of bizarre ideas, "inspired" by the writings of H. Rider Haggard. Hot off her appearance in "Conan the Barbarian", Sandahl Bergman stars as the title character. "She" is a goddess-warrior in a post-apocalypse (here, it's called "post-cancellation") future, populated by a rogues' gallery of characters.
Two brothers, played by David Goss and Harrison Muller, set out to rescue their kidnapped sister (Elena Wiedermann) from the clutches of marauding villains. Along the way, they will form an alliance with She, and have to deal with "pretty people" who are werewolves by night, a giant of a man (Mario Pedone) who wears a tutu, a mad scientist (Donald Hodson), and a comedy relief bridge guard (David Kirk Traylor) who actually multiplies if you cut off a part of his body.
This is good fun, at least to a degree. It does run the risk of being tiresome at times. It also goes on a little long for a movie with a "so bad it's good" type of appeal. But if you'd like to relax with something that won't overtax your brain, "She" delivers some amusing, silly entertainment, complete with a rock / pop score by Rick Wakeman and songs by artists like Justin Hayward and Motorhead. The production and costume design are most amusing, and viewers can have a high old time chortling over what passes for "acting" in this flick. That said, some performers (like Hodson and Traylor) do come off better than others. Gordon Mitchell is effective as an imposing commanding officer.
While more violent than expected, this was not a problem for this viewer. Audiences should find it fairly agreeable in terms of the whole "post-apocalypse cheese" genre.
Six out of 10.
Two brothers, played by David Goss and Harrison Muller, set out to rescue their kidnapped sister (Elena Wiedermann) from the clutches of marauding villains. Along the way, they will form an alliance with She, and have to deal with "pretty people" who are werewolves by night, a giant of a man (Mario Pedone) who wears a tutu, a mad scientist (Donald Hodson), and a comedy relief bridge guard (David Kirk Traylor) who actually multiplies if you cut off a part of his body.
This is good fun, at least to a degree. It does run the risk of being tiresome at times. It also goes on a little long for a movie with a "so bad it's good" type of appeal. But if you'd like to relax with something that won't overtax your brain, "She" delivers some amusing, silly entertainment, complete with a rock / pop score by Rick Wakeman and songs by artists like Justin Hayward and Motorhead. The production and costume design are most amusing, and viewers can have a high old time chortling over what passes for "acting" in this flick. That said, some performers (like Hodson and Traylor) do come off better than others. Gordon Mitchell is effective as an imposing commanding officer.
While more violent than expected, this was not a problem for this viewer. Audiences should find it fairly agreeable in terms of the whole "post-apocalypse cheese" genre.
Six out of 10.
A turd woven from the finest gold
distant_salem12 August 2011
This is exactly what bad movies are supposed to be: a magnificent accident; bizarre; terrible dialog; insipid acting; but most importantly, uncontrived. Not like that Troma crap. Troma wishes its movies were bad, but all I see are contrivances: people who try to pawn off badly made bad movies as something special, like She. She is everything you want and more. Badly executed scenes for even more badly conceived plot points. Terrible costuming including spiked football helmets intended to look "post- apocalyptic". Male sexual fantasies enacted on screen, masquerading as female empowerment. But through all of it, an effortless "badness" that leaves one questioning, simply, "how?". How did this make it to film? How did it actually get made, and who actually looked at the final cut and said 'yep, it's just like I imagined it. Trust me, this is a golden turd. It's the reason we bother to watch terrible movies.
Does not live up to its title
gmatusk6 September 2017
I am a fan of Sandahl Bergman, but I gave this a rating of 3. I might have rated it a little higher were it not for the fact that I felt that the makers of this film did a rip-off of the title of the 1935 film and the novel on which it was based. I have no objection to admiring scantily-clad beauties, but I am not entertained by seeing them whipped or tortured. I tend to enjoy campy films, but the campiness in this one often falls flat. There is an unevenness in tone and characterization. The two male protagonists start off as obnoxious macho jerks whose misogynist attitudes, we are somehow expected to believe, are transformed in short order into sympathetic enlightened pro-feminists.
She, or...
machrf23 May 2022
The land of the unused wardrobe, misfits from Ork, Cheeks falling out of loin clothes, war of the pronouns, or what do we settle for after Conan. I really like Sandahl Bergman and wish she had a better agent to get her the parts she deserved. She was the only one who knew how to act in this movie. She could have started her own acting school with the actors from this movie.
so bad its funny
dhall-54 June 1999
Completely crazy
zetes12 September 2010
Supposedly based on the same popular sci-fi novel by H. Rider Haggard which was made into a film in 1935 and 1965 (the latter starring Ursula Andress), but, according to those in the know, it has nothing to do with it (despite claiming otherwise). This is a batcrap crazy post-apocalyptic sci-fi starring Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, Hell Comes to Frogtown). I frequently joked during the movie that there was absolutely no plan as to where this movie was going. They were just making it up as they were going on. The actors would raid the costume and props departments and just come back with whatever weird stuff they could find. There's no other way to explain a giant, bearded man wearing a tutu and a gas mask. The (rather confusing) plot begins with two men (David Goss and Harrison Muller, Jr.) losing their sister to a group of crazy-looking men. They hear that the local goddess She (Bergman) knows where they're taking her, so they considerately kidnap her and make her lead them to their sister. Apparently each small settlement has their own god or goddess, a few of which we'll meet along the way. Accompanied by one of She's chief warriors (Quin Kessler), they make their way across the post-apocalyptic landscape and run into all sorts of zany tribes. One has a god named Godan who has telekinetic powers. The most memorable sequence in the film has an annoying Robin Williams impersonator named Xenon (David Traylor, who is a stand-up comedian who goes by the stage name David Zed) who, when you cut him into pieces, starfish-like, regenerates into multiple Xenons. Don't get me wrong, this movie is pretty terrible. But it plays out like a drug trip, and you'll definitely remember it. I'm really surprised I hadn't heard of it beforehand.
popular genre back then
trashgang19 December 2016
There was a time that flicks were popular if they had swords in them, remember Conan (1982), Red Sonja (1985), but they were the popular ones. Of course back then you still had those grindhouse theatres all over town and there you could catch flicks like She.
The first minutes you could easily see how ultra low budget this flick was. You don't watch it for the acting performances or effects used, you watched it for stupid stories and conversations. Of course some became a bit of cult like She. This is due Sandahl Bergman being in it as She who had a rather good career after this flick and of course Gordon Mitchell notorious for this kind of flicks.
You will have a big laugh if you see how serious it was made but to see the man with green eyes and the effects used it's all outdated. Or the Russian symbols used and the swastikas. Nobody had any trouble with it back then.
There's a bit of red stuff here and there but all done on stupid base. A perfect example of a genre just like flicks taking place in concentration camps which never came back because both were so wrong on ethics.
Luckily for the geeks it's out on DVD, just see the cover and you immediately knows what you will get, nothing at all, but great fun to see it nowadays, but only for lovers of that particular genre.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1,5/5 Comedy 0/5
The first minutes you could easily see how ultra low budget this flick was. You don't watch it for the acting performances or effects used, you watched it for stupid stories and conversations. Of course some became a bit of cult like She. This is due Sandahl Bergman being in it as She who had a rather good career after this flick and of course Gordon Mitchell notorious for this kind of flicks.
You will have a big laugh if you see how serious it was made but to see the man with green eyes and the effects used it's all outdated. Or the Russian symbols used and the swastikas. Nobody had any trouble with it back then.
There's a bit of red stuff here and there but all done on stupid base. A perfect example of a genre just like flicks taking place in concentration camps which never came back because both were so wrong on ethics.
Luckily for the geeks it's out on DVD, just see the cover and you immediately knows what you will get, nothing at all, but great fun to see it nowadays, but only for lovers of that particular genre.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1,5/5 Comedy 0/5
Dumb but crazy fun
Leofwine_draca18 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
A few high points of lunatic inspiration are countered by low spots of unrelenting silliness in this post-holocaust fantasy epic, supposedly based on the H. Rider Haggard novel but barely resembling it in any way, shape, or form. SHE is something of a mixed bag of a film, at its best when dealing with absurdist spectacle and at worst when cracking lame jokes and poor attempts at humour; the film is an Italian/US co-production with the emphasis on the US influence, as this movie adopts the standard buddy-buddy comedy action-orientated thriller mould of the '80s in its depiction of two muscle-bound actors and their dumb adventures in a land of make-believe. The biggest fault is the overly cheesy music used intrusively throughout the film by bands such as 'Bastard'; always inappropriate and often detracting from the minimal atmosphere that the movie has to offer.
The poor narrative often jumps from scene to scene with little sense; a number of characters who hate each other and are willing to kill to prove the point suddenly become the best of friends the next. The action is plentiful and packed with cheesy effects, including the bane of '80s technology, the dreaded "glowing ray" computer-style effects which are used to animate the deadly green eyes of an angry god. Old-fashioned camera tricks are brought into play as well, with the camera being sped up to simulate magic plus another couple of novice ploys. The emphasis is on naked human flesh, with the heroes running around bare-chested and a tribe of feisty female Amazonian warriors led by the attractive Sandahl Bergman, here stripping off in a naked bath scene which is simply an excuse for female nudity.
The movie offers plenty of (unskilled) sword fighting for the action fan and the requisite number of explosions and stunt deaths. During the tale our mismatched heroes encounter all manner of devious foes, whether they be chainsaw-wielding leprous mutants (whose limbs fall off for comic effect) or a group of young, attractive Romans who turn into cheesy hairy vampires at night - look closely and you'll see David Brandon as their leader. Other cheap but amusing attempts at excitement include the old walls-closing-in gag and a tribe of battling Amazon warriors who look ravishing but have little acting ability. Two highlights stick out in my mind as the twin pinnacles of lunacy: the first sees Bergman battling a Frankenstein Monster robot whose head explodes when beaten (!) and the second is an annoying overbearing sailor who literally multiplies when his limbs are severed from his body (kind of like Oddbod in CARRY ON SCREAMING). The effect is astounding.
The action sequences become better staged as the film progresses and there's time for a clichéd arena battle between our heroes, i.e. the good guys, and a band of typical post-nuke clichés, dressed in outrageous clothing, silly headgear and all manner of weird and wonderful face paints a la MAD MAX 2. The band of misfits is led by none-other than peplum icon Gordon Mitchell sporting orange hair, a suit of armour, and barking evil-sounding orders to his henchmen - a B-fan's dream come true! The finale involves a battle to the end on a bridge and is surprisingly good considering the budget and lack of talent on the part of the crew; it's exciting, well choreographed, and an example of the genre at its best. As for the acting, Bergman is exceptional in the role - playing essentially the same part as she did in CONAN THE BARBARIAN to no ill effect, whilst a muscular-but-dumb part is played by Harrison Muller Jr., considerably bulked up since his days as THE FINAL EXECUTIONER. Otherwise, SHE is dumb but crazy fun.
The poor narrative often jumps from scene to scene with little sense; a number of characters who hate each other and are willing to kill to prove the point suddenly become the best of friends the next. The action is plentiful and packed with cheesy effects, including the bane of '80s technology, the dreaded "glowing ray" computer-style effects which are used to animate the deadly green eyes of an angry god. Old-fashioned camera tricks are brought into play as well, with the camera being sped up to simulate magic plus another couple of novice ploys. The emphasis is on naked human flesh, with the heroes running around bare-chested and a tribe of feisty female Amazonian warriors led by the attractive Sandahl Bergman, here stripping off in a naked bath scene which is simply an excuse for female nudity.
The movie offers plenty of (unskilled) sword fighting for the action fan and the requisite number of explosions and stunt deaths. During the tale our mismatched heroes encounter all manner of devious foes, whether they be chainsaw-wielding leprous mutants (whose limbs fall off for comic effect) or a group of young, attractive Romans who turn into cheesy hairy vampires at night - look closely and you'll see David Brandon as their leader. Other cheap but amusing attempts at excitement include the old walls-closing-in gag and a tribe of battling Amazon warriors who look ravishing but have little acting ability. Two highlights stick out in my mind as the twin pinnacles of lunacy: the first sees Bergman battling a Frankenstein Monster robot whose head explodes when beaten (!) and the second is an annoying overbearing sailor who literally multiplies when his limbs are severed from his body (kind of like Oddbod in CARRY ON SCREAMING). The effect is astounding.
The action sequences become better staged as the film progresses and there's time for a clichéd arena battle between our heroes, i.e. the good guys, and a band of typical post-nuke clichés, dressed in outrageous clothing, silly headgear and all manner of weird and wonderful face paints a la MAD MAX 2. The band of misfits is led by none-other than peplum icon Gordon Mitchell sporting orange hair, a suit of armour, and barking evil-sounding orders to his henchmen - a B-fan's dream come true! The finale involves a battle to the end on a bridge and is surprisingly good considering the budget and lack of talent on the part of the crew; it's exciting, well choreographed, and an example of the genre at its best. As for the acting, Bergman is exceptional in the role - playing essentially the same part as she did in CONAN THE BARBARIAN to no ill effect, whilst a muscular-but-dumb part is played by Harrison Muller Jr., considerably bulked up since his days as THE FINAL EXECUTIONER. Otherwise, SHE is dumb but crazy fun.
Unfortunate the score speedometer doesn't allow for negative values
guyzradio14 February 2018
It looked like another Sheena/Xena/Amazonian adventure, complete with leather tutu. What it turned into dropped off the category of "mindless entertainment" into something I found painful to watch -- at different points, I wasn't sure it was the same movie. Anachronisms abound. The current score of 4.9 appears the result of ratings at both ends of the spectrum, and not much in the middle.
Love B films
Kierian28 May 1999
I must say that I am starting an unfortunate career of following Sandahl Bergman flicks. Don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed what I've seen of Ms. Bergman's acting in Hell comes to Frogtown and in this film She(the book is interesting by the way). As long as you're not looking for anything special it's cool. I personally enjoyed it but I was lynched by the 3 friends I made watch it with me. Especially since the whole movie we were waiting for the plot to resemble anything that the back of the movie box. It never did. There was supposed to be this whole plot about the all powerful "She" falling for a man who might kill her. As far as I can tell there was a woman...who was generally referred to as "She"...and indeed there was a lead male character. But they never so much as looked at each other crosswise. But hey the real reason to watch the movie is ghouls, the god "She"(who has no powers as far as I can tell), the other god they meet who actually has powers and wants to "study" our heroine, the weird dividable guy(my fav)...it's a labyrinth of weirdness. I dug it.
"Our law is She, the goddess, who's your god?"
bensonmum22 August 2019
The Quick Pitch: In a post-apocalyptic world, Tom and his friend set out to rescue his kidnapped sister. The pair is quickly kidnapped by a group led by She. Eventually, She agrees to help the guys on their quest. They'll face a variety of foes, each more bizarre than the previous one, if they're to be successful.
I'll start this by saying that I can't begin to count the number of times I've seen She. I believe it was a staple on the old USA Network "Up All Night". However, even though I've seen it who knows how many times, I will readily admit that She is garbage. The plot is completely nonsensical, the production values are lame, and the acting is, for the most part, incredibly weak. So, if She is that bad, why have I seen it so many times? Because She is just fun. It's 80s-era cheese at its finest. When you combine elements of movies like The Road Warrior and The Warriors with a giant in a tutu, a band of toga-wearing werewolves, a Robin Williams-esque bridge guard, a cult leader with glowing green eyes, and a variety of other outlandish characters, you end up with She. It's all a mish-mash of largely incoherent ideas and visuals that never fail to pull me in.
The film stars Sandahl Bergman as She. If you've seen Ms Bergman in other films, you know what to expect. I really did, however, like the way she played it all straight, regardless of the nonsense going on around her. Gordon Mitchell pops up near the end in what amounts to little more than a cameo. Still, he's always fun to watch. She's partner, Shandra, is played by Quin Kessler. I thought she had a real screen presence and I'm surprised to discover she didn't do many more movies. The rest of the acting is largely forgettable.
7/10
I'll start this by saying that I can't begin to count the number of times I've seen She. I believe it was a staple on the old USA Network "Up All Night". However, even though I've seen it who knows how many times, I will readily admit that She is garbage. The plot is completely nonsensical, the production values are lame, and the acting is, for the most part, incredibly weak. So, if She is that bad, why have I seen it so many times? Because She is just fun. It's 80s-era cheese at its finest. When you combine elements of movies like The Road Warrior and The Warriors with a giant in a tutu, a band of toga-wearing werewolves, a Robin Williams-esque bridge guard, a cult leader with glowing green eyes, and a variety of other outlandish characters, you end up with She. It's all a mish-mash of largely incoherent ideas and visuals that never fail to pull me in.
The film stars Sandahl Bergman as She. If you've seen Ms Bergman in other films, you know what to expect. I really did, however, like the way she played it all straight, regardless of the nonsense going on around her. Gordon Mitchell pops up near the end in what amounts to little more than a cameo. Still, he's always fun to watch. She's partner, Shandra, is played by Quin Kessler. I thought she had a real screen presence and I'm surprised to discover she didn't do many more movies. The rest of the acting is largely forgettable.
7/10
Pathetic-Land
exode189 September 2002
Okay, now here we have some kind of woman that is suppose to be a god (?) and she's suppose to kill all the eeeevil Norks or something like that. They tried to mix Mad max and Conan and OH MY GOD this is bad. If you want a big laugh or if you are into S&M, this might be a good movie for you...
One of the strangest movie ever made
pumaye24 November 2003
This is an hysterical romp, a mix of Conan and Mad Max, made with a lot of colorful, unfinished ideas, mixed up in a total mess, a bad movie that is fun to watch because you ever know what will come next. In this, it is a great Z-movie, almost fun as Plan 9 from outer space, but if you search for a serious sword and sorcery clone, stay away. For fun of B-movies only
Ultra cheesy bizarreness by a later icon of Israeli film
garydennis-4526622 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Somehow, this wackiness has amassed an IMDB rating of 4.9. It is so inutterably silly that the estate of H. Rider Haggard should sue the makers for doing anything that might cause him to be blamed for it in any way, like sticky taping his novel's title to something that shares only its immortal goddess queen notion.
The Hollywood Alcohol review is pretty much in the nose (spoilers, though) re the mind boggling wackiness of this - well, B movie is a bit too complimentary. Judging on sheer wackiness and low proction values, this movie is a champ! It does feature a number of scantily clad beautiful women, including the lovely Sandahl Bergman as the female lead opposite Joe Loincloth Beefcake Nobody. As advised by Hollywood Alcohol, I should have had a drink other than my morning coffee in hand.
Oddity: this movie is so forgettable it only became apparent in mid looniness that I had seen it decades ago! I have avoided serious spoilers, but flagged the review as spoilerish anyway.
The Hollywood Alcohol review is pretty much in the nose (spoilers, though) re the mind boggling wackiness of this - well, B movie is a bit too complimentary. Judging on sheer wackiness and low proction values, this movie is a champ! It does feature a number of scantily clad beautiful women, including the lovely Sandahl Bergman as the female lead opposite Joe Loincloth Beefcake Nobody. As advised by Hollywood Alcohol, I should have had a drink other than my morning coffee in hand.
Oddity: this movie is so forgettable it only became apparent in mid looniness that I had seen it decades ago! I have avoided serious spoilers, but flagged the review as spoilerish anyway.
Wow. Just . . . wow.
smasica-3342620 July 2022
The title is "She", but this film is pure "She-it". A high school level production and it shows in everything, writing, directing, acting, costumes, locations, production values, FX, combat, you name it.
I suppose with a 12-pack of cheap 3.2 beer and a bag of Doritos it might be a passable time waster on a dull Saturday night. Either that or clean out your garage.
I suppose with a 12-pack of cheap 3.2 beer and a bag of Doritos it might be a passable time waster on a dull Saturday night. Either that or clean out your garage.
Strong Dose of Pulp
Tweetienator16 February 2022
Very loosely based on Sir Henry Rider Haggard (Allan Quatermain!) stories around She, a warrior sorceress, this trashy movie adaption puts the adventures of our heroin in a post-apocalyptic scenario. What we get is a wild mix of Red Sonja and Mad Max, starring Sandahl Bergman (Red Sonja, Conan the Barbarian) but on a limited budget and refined by some most stupid and crazy characters and ideas. If you like your dose of pulp fiction very strong, indeed She may be just the right kind of delicious "schund" for you. Like some other reviewer stated - it's so bad one has to witness it, but only if you like to enjoy such kind of delight, if not, just take another route.
Perfectly strange
BandSAboutMovies29 June 2018
Warning: Spoilers
H. Rider Haggard's She, A History of Adventure pretty much set the rules for the Lost World genre and presented a white goddess warrior queen named Ayesha who rules a kingdom in the middle of Africa. It's been adapted many times for the screen, starting in 1899 with Georges Méliès' The Pillar of Fire. Probably the best-known version is the 1965 Hammer film, She, which features Ursula Andress, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Richardson.
This movie? It's inspired by She but if you were expecting something close to the book - or something normal - you've picked the wrong film.
This movie is a quest, or a series of quests, and it's packed with fully realized worlds and costumes that are on screen long enough to get you invested before they go away. It's literally a Jack Kirby Fourth World comic come to celluloid realization with none of Kirby's storytelling panache. Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian) plays She, who is traveling with Tom and Dick (Harrison Muller, 2020 Texas Gladiators), two brothers looking to save their kidnapped sister. Shandra, She's sidekick, comes along too.
There are werewolves who just want to screw. Nazis who just want to kill. Communist mutants with mental powers who just want to do BDSM whip torture to She. Mummies with chainsaws. The film alludes to the fact that its 23 years after Cancellation, a nuclear war, so it's post-apocalyptic whole also referencing sword and sorcery, yet it was made before Conan turned Italian film backlots into ancient carbon copies of Cimmeria. It is one weird film, never sure if it wants to be a comedy or an action film.
Honestly, have you ever played Dungeons & Dragons on LSD? This is how I imagine that this movie was created. They just got people in a room, got them high and gave them a few D10s and a Monster Manual.
This is all directed by Avi Nesher, who brought us the crazy Doppelganger with Drew Barrymore before becoming a critical darling in his home country of Israel. Obviously, this movie is not one he'd care to bring up.
Also, this movie is packed with strange music choices, like a song from Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues during the credits, along with contributions by Motörhead and Rick Wakeman.
Have I properly conveyed just how strange this all is? Then you're probably wishing you could see it. The gray market and YouTube are your friends. Yes, in a world where nearly everything gets a blu-ray high-end release, this one remains unreleased.
This movie? It's inspired by She but if you were expecting something close to the book - or something normal - you've picked the wrong film.
This movie is a quest, or a series of quests, and it's packed with fully realized worlds and costumes that are on screen long enough to get you invested before they go away. It's literally a Jack Kirby Fourth World comic come to celluloid realization with none of Kirby's storytelling panache. Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian) plays She, who is traveling with Tom and Dick (Harrison Muller, 2020 Texas Gladiators), two brothers looking to save their kidnapped sister. Shandra, She's sidekick, comes along too.
There are werewolves who just want to screw. Nazis who just want to kill. Communist mutants with mental powers who just want to do BDSM whip torture to She. Mummies with chainsaws. The film alludes to the fact that its 23 years after Cancellation, a nuclear war, so it's post-apocalyptic whole also referencing sword and sorcery, yet it was made before Conan turned Italian film backlots into ancient carbon copies of Cimmeria. It is one weird film, never sure if it wants to be a comedy or an action film.
Honestly, have you ever played Dungeons & Dragons on LSD? This is how I imagine that this movie was created. They just got people in a room, got them high and gave them a few D10s and a Monster Manual.
This is all directed by Avi Nesher, who brought us the crazy Doppelganger with Drew Barrymore before becoming a critical darling in his home country of Israel. Obviously, this movie is not one he'd care to bring up.
Also, this movie is packed with strange music choices, like a song from Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues during the credits, along with contributions by Motörhead and Rick Wakeman.
Have I properly conveyed just how strange this all is? Then you're probably wishing you could see it. The gray market and YouTube are your friends. Yes, in a world where nearly everything gets a blu-ray high-end release, this one remains unreleased.
Not Much Of A Title Is It? She.
damianphelps28 March 2022
This movie delivers a nostalgia element for those who adore classic 80s pictures
kevin_robbins26 January 2023
She (1984) is an Italian movie that I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows two brothers whose sister was kidnapped. They "recruit" the help of a female warrior queen and her right hand to help them on their journey. On their journey they will encounter magic, monsters and mayhem.
This movie is directed by Avi Nesher (Past Life) and stars Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian), Gordon Mitchell (Atlas Against the Cyclops), David Kirk Traylor (The Mr. Zed Show), Gregory Snegoff (Driving Miss Daisy) and Maria Cumani Quasimodo (Turn the Other Cheek).
This movie is a lot of fun and has a Conan/Mad Max feel to it. It had a great soundtrack too. The costumes and action choreography were more fun than good. This does have a classic 80s feel to it, with classic 80s nudity and the ladies were gorgeous. I will say the blood looked fake, but the bridge scene was fun, and Frankenstein was awesome.
Overall, this movie delivers a nostalgia element for those who adore classic 80s pictures. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend it.
This movie is directed by Avi Nesher (Past Life) and stars Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian), Gordon Mitchell (Atlas Against the Cyclops), David Kirk Traylor (The Mr. Zed Show), Gregory Snegoff (Driving Miss Daisy) and Maria Cumani Quasimodo (Turn the Other Cheek).
This movie is a lot of fun and has a Conan/Mad Max feel to it. It had a great soundtrack too. The costumes and action choreography were more fun than good. This does have a classic 80s feel to it, with classic 80s nudity and the ladies were gorgeous. I will say the blood looked fake, but the bridge scene was fun, and Frankenstein was awesome.
Overall, this movie delivers a nostalgia element for those who adore classic 80s pictures. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend it.
I'm surprised the rating is this high !
obheron9 April 2023
The movie made no sense. I had to read the wiki to understand what this world was all about.
The plot is really straight forward : a guy, his sister and a friend are travelling merchant. The village they arrived at gets raid. The sister gets capture. The 2 friends then set out to rescue her.
I gave a 1 star because I didn't know from the movie that civilisation had collapse following a nuclear war called the Cancellation. Also, from watching the movie, you don't know that people with flashing green eyes were mutated humans with powers.
Why is there so many ressources ? People still have your favorite brands of cereal, and it's 25 years after nuclear fallout... The story makes no senses, the actors don't seems to want to be there, the music is weird, the in movie character actions are illogical..
Everything is weird, the plot relies on the character stupidity to work.
The plot is really straight forward : a guy, his sister and a friend are travelling merchant. The village they arrived at gets raid. The sister gets capture. The 2 friends then set out to rescue her.
I gave a 1 star because I didn't know from the movie that civilisation had collapse following a nuclear war called the Cancellation. Also, from watching the movie, you don't know that people with flashing green eyes were mutated humans with powers.
Why is there so many ressources ? People still have your favorite brands of cereal, and it's 25 years after nuclear fallout... The story makes no senses, the actors don't seems to want to be there, the music is weird, the in movie character actions are illogical..
Everything is weird, the plot relies on the character stupidity to work.
Craziest movie ever!
Lone-Wolf117 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This is the craziest B-Movie I have ever seen, and I have seen a great deal of B-Movies.
The plot is fairly nonexistent. The movie makes much more sense if you approach it as a dream, just a bunch of random, seemingly disjointed events occurring in some sort of order.
For instance, the main character is a goddess, worshiped by her people, but they never explain or show any of her goddess powers and she seems to be injured very easily.
In one early scene she inexplicably has to battle her way through a cave full of cardboard boxes with various Boris Karloff style Frankenstein monsters hiding in them. (I think they had a sale at the local Halloween store)
She then has to travel across a post-apocalyptic landscape populated with antagonists ranging from Nazi football players who battle over boxes of cereal to psychotic barbarians in pink tutus living in plastic tents.
Anyone who considers themselves a connoisseur of B-Movies must watch this film. Basically the movie is so bad, it loops back around to become good again, then loops again to become bad, then FINALLY loops again to become one of the craziest, silliest, and zaniest movies in the history of cinema.
The plot is fairly nonexistent. The movie makes much more sense if you approach it as a dream, just a bunch of random, seemingly disjointed events occurring in some sort of order.
For instance, the main character is a goddess, worshiped by her people, but they never explain or show any of her goddess powers and she seems to be injured very easily.
In one early scene she inexplicably has to battle her way through a cave full of cardboard boxes with various Boris Karloff style Frankenstein monsters hiding in them. (I think they had a sale at the local Halloween store)
She then has to travel across a post-apocalyptic landscape populated with antagonists ranging from Nazi football players who battle over boxes of cereal to psychotic barbarians in pink tutus living in plastic tents.
Anyone who considers themselves a connoisseur of B-Movies must watch this film. Basically the movie is so bad, it loops back around to become good again, then loops again to become bad, then FINALLY loops again to become one of the craziest, silliest, and zaniest movies in the history of cinema.
genius
Viderum7 August 2003
I don't know what they were trying to do with this film but every frame is mindblowing. From flea markets of the apocalyptic future, to mummies with sun glasses and power tools, samurais, frankenstein monster, nazi football players, bikers, russian god and cult that is into bondage, the norks, the bizzare motorhead soundtrack, there is just so little to comprehend out of so much this throws at you. While some people may find it bad, and others find it great I find it great as well. Only wish they could do a sequel so we could really find out what happens to the norks. Despite some slow down this is a amazing non stop roller coaster ride another winner by Sandhal Bergman and 4 Stars out of 4.
A conspicuously 80s, bracingly free-spirited adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's immortal fantasy classic!
Weirdling_Wolf28 April 2022
Avi Nesher's conspicuously 80s, bracingly free-spirited adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's immortal fantasy classic is a greatly neglected, splendidly schlocky post-apocalyptic actioner that is long overdue some positive recognition. Set in a radiation ravaged wasteland wherein a multitude of fractious tribes ceaselessly battle over the meagre spoils available. After the savage, militaristic Norks, led by the fearsome, slab-faced Hector (Gordon Mitchell) captured beautiful Hari (Elena Wiedermann), her handsome male companions 'Tom' (David Goss) and 'Dick' (Harrison Muller) bravely attempt to rescue her, and to do so they must endure myriad arduous hardships, the most inventive interludes being a sinister, almost fatal sojourn with initially fey, toga-clad werewolves, Bourgeois aristocratic vampires, a tricky tussle with telekinetic, self-appointed deity Godan (Gregory Snegoff) and elude capture by the fearsome matriarchal Urechs warrior clan, charismatically headed by statuesque Amazon She (Sandahl Bergman).
While frequently hampered by its modest budget, this pleasingly eccentric, enjoyably boisterous, personality-packed, episodically exhilarating post-apocalyptic actioner is far from sluggish exploitation fare, as director Avi Nesher gleefully dispenses with cookie-cutter logic, narrative cogency, and indulges in a more explosively eccentric approach to these heroic hi jinks as 'She' is generously endowed with bellicose B-Movie frolics, fabulously fur-flying fisticuffs, daring, close-call escapades, a dazzling array of flamboyant garb, bloodthirsty inter-tribe battles, amorous clinches, and is blessed with one of the more fearsome female protagonists in the striking, sinuously sword-slashing form of Sandahl Bergman the deliriously demented, deliciously camp, audaciously free spirited 'She' strikes a timely blow against totalitarian philosophy, and courageously raises a rebellious flag for the bloodied but unbowed B-Movie underdog! Featuring rousing music by Motorhead, Rick Wakeman, Justin Hayward and Maggie Bell! - 'SHE previously unimagined special effects, beautiful, battle-tempered women, macabre self-replicating misfits and a terrifying, tutu-wearing titan clash bloodily in this triumphantly trashy tale of a warmongering world gone mad!
While frequently hampered by its modest budget, this pleasingly eccentric, enjoyably boisterous, personality-packed, episodically exhilarating post-apocalyptic actioner is far from sluggish exploitation fare, as director Avi Nesher gleefully dispenses with cookie-cutter logic, narrative cogency, and indulges in a more explosively eccentric approach to these heroic hi jinks as 'She' is generously endowed with bellicose B-Movie frolics, fabulously fur-flying fisticuffs, daring, close-call escapades, a dazzling array of flamboyant garb, bloodthirsty inter-tribe battles, amorous clinches, and is blessed with one of the more fearsome female protagonists in the striking, sinuously sword-slashing form of Sandahl Bergman the deliriously demented, deliciously camp, audaciously free spirited 'She' strikes a timely blow against totalitarian philosophy, and courageously raises a rebellious flag for the bloodied but unbowed B-Movie underdog! Featuring rousing music by Motorhead, Rick Wakeman, Justin Hayward and Maggie Bell! - 'SHE previously unimagined special effects, beautiful, battle-tempered women, macabre self-replicating misfits and a terrifying, tutu-wearing titan clash bloodily in this triumphantly trashy tale of a warmongering world gone mad!
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