In the upcoming reboot, Red Sonja will get to keep her iconic chain mail bikini, but her origin will be replaced with a new one. Put this into its proper context, and you'll find that of all the would-be Red Sonja movies that have been in various stages of development over the past decade, the one with the best potential to actually be good, is the one in production right now, from director M ...
Regarding the genre, Sword & Sorcery, there are not too many good movies, but Red Sonja belongs to those few. Still a fine gem of an adventure movie with a solid production and some cheesy flavor, that got the right spirit to put Robert E. Howard's fantasy/vision into moving pictures.
Polygon: Red Sonja has never been a movie star — that's what makes her movies fun
Red Sonja has never been a movie star — that's what makes her movies fun
Red Sonja: Directed by MJ Bassett. With Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Luca Pasqualino. Captured and forced to fight for survival, Red Sonja must rally an army of outcasts to reclaim her freedom and take down a tyrant and his ruthless bride.
Red Sonja: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith. The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.
I went into Red Sonja (2025) hoping for at least a guilty-pleasure fantasy adventure, but what I got instead was an absolute disaster that had me checking my watch before the first hour was even up. Complete disregard for source material: The film takes the name Red Sonja but throws away everything that made the character and her world iconic.