and Willis to pile into Barb's armored van and lead the Congressionals on a car chase, culminating in a hand-to-hand fight between Barb and Colonel Pryzer on a forklift suspended by crane above the harbor. Pryzer falls to his death while Barb escapes. The party makes it to the airport, where Barb reveals she still has the contact lenses. She gives them to Cora, and Cora and Axel get on the plane to Canada while Willis and Barb remain on the rainswept tarmac. Cast Pamela Anderson Lee as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski Xander Berkeley as Chief Alexander Willis Udo Kier as "Curly" Steve Railsback as Colonel Victor Pryzer Mary Anna Reyes as Woman In Torture Room Andre Rosey Brown as "Big Fatso" Nicholas Worth as Ruben Tannenbaum Clint Howard as Schmitz Nils Allen Stewart as Jack Henry Kingi as Moe Mark Collver as Manny Jennifer Banko as "Spike" Loren Rubin as Willie Krebs Peewee Piemonte as Officer Frick Dominiquie Vandenberg as Officer Frack Tony Bill as Foster Michael Russo as Mr. Santos Shelly Desai as Sharif Marshall Manesh as Sheik John Paxton as "Smooth" Neil Hunt as "Weasel" Ken Fosgren as "Greaseball" Tom Lister Jr. as Bouncer Teo as Disc Jockey Ai Wan as "China" Diane Warshay as Maria Candace Kita as Dancer Diane Shay as Stripper In Dressing Room Adriana Alexander as Redhead Production Barb Wire was directed by David Hogan, who had previously been the second-unit director on Alien 3 and Batman Forever. The film had a production budget of $9 million. Anderson did some of her own stunts, even though she was afraid of heights. The fact that she had to wear high heels and a corset that made her waist 17 inches made fight scenes challenging. A soundtrack album, also titled Barb Wire, was released in 1996. Reception Box office Barb Wire failed at the box-office, grossing less than $3.8 million in the United States. Critical response Barb Wire was panned by critics. Roger Ebert pointed out that the film's plot was identical to that of Casablanca and derided the low-brow attempts at sensuality, but praised the cast and crew's approach to the material: "The filmmakers must have known they were not making a good movie, but they didn't use that as an excuse to be boring and