Red Sonja

A hero will rise... An empire will fall.
Red Sonja (2025)
Timing: 1:51 (111 min)
4.8/10
18 252
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5.6/10
277
4.6/10
7500
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Budget
$0
Revenue
$271 461
Director
Actors
Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Luke Pasqualino, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Danica Davis, Joana Nwamerue, Manal El-Feitury
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Tasha Huo
Producer
Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Joe Gatta, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Jeffrey Greenstein, Yariv Lerner, Les Weldon, Avi Lerner, Luke Lieberman
Operator
Lorenzo Senatore
Composer
Sonya Belousova
Artist
Clint Wallace
Audition
Elaine Grainger
Editing
Andrew MacRitchie, Veselin Lazarov, Jeffrey Steinkamp
All team (76)

Short description

Based on the comic book character, this fantasy action film follows Sonja, a warrior who transforms her personal tragedies into a drive for vengeance. After surviving the destruction of her home and family, she becomes a skilled fighter known as the She-Devil with a Sword. The plot centers on her conflict with a tyrannical leader, Emperor Dragan, and his ruthless partner, Annisia. Captured and forced to fight as a gladiator in brutal arena matches, Sonja must overcome these trials and lead a group of warriors to secure her freedom and protect her people.

The movie was directed by M.J. Bassett, following her previous work on titles such as Deathwatch, Solomon Kane, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Inside Man: Most Wanted, Rogue, and Endangered Species. The cast is led by Matilda Lutz in the title role, appearing alongside Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Luke Pasqualino, Michael Bisping, and Martyn Ford. A production of companies including Millennium Media and Campbell Grobman Films, the film is a co-production between the United States and Bulgaria.

Audience reception has been mixed, with a rating of 4.6/10 on IMDb based on 7,500 votes and a 5.6/10 on TMDB from 273 votes. These scores are slightly lower than the 5.5/10 rating provided by film critics based on 64 reviews.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Work on the film began just a few years after the release of Richard Fleischer's 1985 film. In 2008, Robert Rodriguez was preparing to shoot his own version of the film with Rose McGowan in the lead role, but the project was abandoned a year later. In 2010, Nu Image announced that Simon West would direct the film and Amber Heard would play the role of Sunny. The film's release was planned before the premiere of the fantasy-action sequel 'Conan the Barbarian'. In 2012, West confirmed that work on the film was underway. In 2015, Christopher Cosmos was hired to write the screenplay, and Millennium Films and Cinelou Films were responsible for financing and producing the project. In 2018, it was announced that Bryan Singer would direct the film, but a year later, due to allegations of sexual harassment against Singer, his services were terminated. Joey Soloway took on the roles of screenwriter, director, and producer. In 2021, Soloway and Tasha Huo submitted a joint screenplay. Hanna John-Kamen was cast in the lead role, but she left the project in 2022. Soloway was replaced as director by M.J. Bassett, who also rewrote the previous screenplay.

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