10 Terrible Films That Are Actually Awesome

If there’s one type of film that Hollywood does well, it’s the straight-to-video action movie writ large (see also: Resident Evil, Species). Take a Z-grade script, give it a studio budget and – presto! – you’ve got a cult classic on your hands.

Not content with casting Pamela Anderson in the lead, Barb Wire also rips off the plot of Casablanca, with Pam in the Humphrey Bogart role (!?) as the nightclub owner who attempts to help an old flame escape the country. If that doesn’t make the film a must-see, then be aware that the filmmakers play to Pamela’s “strengths” by dressing her in a tight leather catsuit that comes off whenever she’s near water.

Even Roger Ebert conceded that the movie “has a high energy level and a sense of deranged fun”, and how often do you get to see Pamela Anderson play a dominatrix with a machine gun? Taking its visual cues from previous comic book adaptation The Crow, Barb Wire knows it’s B-grade material and never attempts to take itself too seriously. It promises trash and delivers it. What’s not to like?