Red Sonia the famous swords and sandals comic is brought to life in the worst possible fashion.
So this is as the trailer suggested a girl boss Red Sonia film. In many ways this film hates the source material it is based on and those who read those comic books. The Conan esque adventure vibes are replaced with a victim narrative that has Sonia herself seemingly constantly in a state of annoyance.
I won’t dwell on this too long, but the actress who is playing Sonia, Matilda Lutz, looks nothing like the Amazonian physique of comics Sonia and instead looks like a gust of wind could knock her over. If you were going to commit to doing a Red Sonia adaptation getting someone who looks the part is incredibly important.
The story is fairly generic, which is also quite shocking considering that they had decades of past comics runs to draw from. However, this seems to have been made by people who have never read an issue. They were vaguely aware of the IP and so thought they would make a very mid girl boss film and use the IP’s name to sell it rather than actually make a good Red Sonia film that is faithful to the source material.
Overall, a terrible waste of an IP made by people who hate it.
0.5/5
Pros.
Hannah John-Karmen is good
Cons.
It is boring
The lead doesn’t look the part
It hates the source material
It is badly paced
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