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Mix together sword-and-sorcery and post-apocalyptic elements, add a dose of political allegory (note the Communist and Nazi symbols), a contemporary music score and some surreal moments that seem to have come straight out of Monty Python (a bridge guard who multiplies every time you chop off one of his limbs) and you have this bizarre film that is neither a straight adventure nor exactly a spoof. It suffers from an overly episodic structure, but it benefits from Sandahl Bergman and Quin Kessler as the two muscular, beautiful Amazon warriors who are as proficient with a sword as with any other weapon. Both actresses are perfectly cast and do their roles justice, capturing the right "always-ready-for-a-fight" mentality. How anyone can give this film a "1" when there are, at the very least, these two amazing women to look at is beyond me! (**)

If Monty Python threw together a Road Warrior spoof after a 3 day binge using a paint sprayer weilded by a rhesus monkey as their key script writing tool...

Nah, not quite fair. As many other reviewers have said, this movie manages to be class A cheese. It manages to be sufficiently entertaining to not deserve shredding by Mystery Science Theater 3000 - one needs to hear the incredibly ridiculous dialog without interference!

There is a pretty reasonable supply of eye candy headed up by Sandahl Bergman and her trusty Amazon lieutenant, who also seem to be the only people with any fencing training. Most sword fights involving men are basically aimless waving of cheesy looking weapons.

But the true charm of this effort is the degree of "OMG how can they POSSIBLY top the sheer ludicrousness of THIS bad guy encounter with the next one?" The writers consistently fail to disappoint!

The ending did kind of tick me off - something is left unresolved in direct violation of a prediction from an oracle type near the beginning.

And the landscapes totally violate the Law of Post Apocalyptic Uninhibitable Desert - everything is either small cities or dense forest, a couple of decades after a mutation inducing nuclear holocaust!

Oh - Ms. Bergman's so-so acting in Schwarzenegger vehicles was orders of magnitude better than her sleepwalking through this role

But let such quibbles go. Acceptable outrageously awful mindless fun!

This is exactly what bad movies are supposed to be: a magnificent accident; bizarre; terrible dialog; insipid acting; but most importantly, uncontrived. Not like that Troma crap. Troma wishes its movies were bad, but all I see are contrivances: people who try to pawn off badly made bad movies as something special, like She. She is everything you want and more. Badly executed scenes for even more badly conceived plot points. Terrible costuming including spiked football helmets intended to look "post- apocalyptic". Male sexual fantasies enacted on screen, masquerading as female empowerment. But through all of it, an effortless "badness" that leaves one questioning, simply, "how?". How did this make it to film? How did it actually get made, and who actually looked at the final cut and said 'yep, it's just like I imagined it. Trust me, this is a golden turd. It's the reason we bother to watch terrible movies.

The land of the unused wardrobe, misfits from Ork, Cheeks falling out of loin clothes, war of the pronouns, or what do we settle for after Conan. I really like Sandahl Bergman and wish she had a better agent to get her the parts she deserved. She was the only one who knew how to act in this movie. She could have started her own acting school with the actors from this movie.

I am a fan of Sandahl Bergman, but I gave this a rating of 3. I might have rated it a little higher were it not for the fact that I felt that the makers of this film did a rip-off of the title of the 1935 film and the novel on which it was based. I have no objection to admiring scantily-clad beauties, but I am not entertained by seeing them whipped or tortured. I tend to enjoy campy films, but the campiness in this one often falls flat. There is an unevenness in tone and characterization. The two male protagonists start off as obnoxious macho jerks whose misogynist attitudes, we are somehow expected to believe, are transformed in short order into sympathetic enlightened pro-feminists.

(1984) She FANTASY/ SCIENCE FICTION ACTION/ COSTUME/ COMEDY

Adapted from the novel by H. Rider Haggard co-written and directed by Avi Nesher that has Tom (David Goss) and Dick (Harrison Muller) and their sister, Hari (Elena Wiedermann) arriving on a barge to set up shop and sell items along other people around them. Unbeknownst, Nork raiders led by Hector (Gordon Mitchell) were going to barge in and terrorize them, knocking and injuring the two brothers out and kidnapping their sister, Hari at the same time. And by the time they attend the first village they see, they then met a woman, who succeeded in drugging both of them. And by the time, Dick comes to he is already chained up while lady who drugged their food informed him, he sold Tom to her goddess "She" (Sandahl Bergman). It is their she happen to select him to walk through a straight line through a bunch of spikes blindfolded while She's small army shove him for the purpose of getting himself spiked. And by the time Tom makes it through and just when She's right hand woman, Shenda (Quin Kessler) wanted to end his life, She stops her and leaves him lying on the ground unconscious. And by the time Tom is nursed back to health, he tells the helpful stranger his objective, which was to save their kidnapped sister, and he tells him the only person most likely to do that was She since Tom has no idea where the Nork Valley is located. So Tom goes back to the same tent where he was drugged to free his brother chained up before he thwarts She worshipers, kidnapping her for directions. And one of the first things that happened was they get themselves mugged by mutants while they were sleeping, placed into an incinerator machine that is reminiscent to the "Star Wars" movie before they were saved and freed by She's loyal sidekick and their army. It is from their she decides to follow and help them despite having to go through many other strange groups and cults such as zombie men/ women with fangs; men wearing monks wardrobes worshiping a guy named Godan (Gregory Snegoff) during their journey.

The SHE movie starring Ursula Andress from 1965 and this one are two different kind of movies, for the only thing both movies have in common is the fact that both SHE characters hate men and were sacrificing men, the direction or approach are different as the SHE in this movie, she and her female sidekick and then the army cooperates with the stars of Tom and Dick (something from a child's book) to rescue their sister. In other words, the SHE character is used as a backdrop. There is also only a single nude scene throughout, and that is the actress of SHE herself Sandahl Bergman to which the only thing showed are her breasts for she does not make out with no one.

Supposedly based on the same popular sci-fi novel by H. Rider Haggard which was made into a film in 1935 and 1965 (the latter starring Ursula Andress), but, according to those in the know, it has nothing to do with it (despite claiming otherwise). This is a batcrap crazy post-apocalyptic sci-fi starring Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, Hell Comes to Frogtown). I frequently joked during the movie that there was absolutely no plan as to where this movie was going. They were just making it up as they were going on. The actors would raid the costume and props departments and just come back with whatever weird stuff they could find. There's no other way to explain a giant, bearded man wearing a tutu and a gas mask. The (rather confusing) plot begins with two men (David Goss and Harrison Muller, Jr.) losing their sister to a group of crazy-looking men. They hear that the local goddess She (Bergman) knows where they're taking her, so they considerately kidnap her and make her lead them to their sister. Apparently each small settlement has their own god or goddess, a few of which we'll meet along the way. Accompanied by one of She's chief warriors (Quin Kessler), they make their way across the post-apocalyptic landscape and run into all sorts of zany tribes. One has a god named Godan who has telekinetic powers. The most memorable sequence in the film has an annoying Robin Williams impersonator named Xenon (David Traylor, who is a stand-up comedian who goes by the stage name David Zed) who, when you cut him into pieces, starfish-like, regenerates into multiple Xenons. Don't get me wrong, this movie is pretty terrible. But it plays out like a drug trip, and you'll definitely remember it. I'm really surprised I hadn't heard of it beforehand.

This movie has to be the cheesiest movie ever made. It is one of those movies that are so bad they are funny you have to see it to believe it, check it out.

She (1984) is an Italian movie that I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows two brothers whose sister was kidnapped. They "recruit" the help of a female warrior queen and her right hand to help them on their journey. On their journey they will encounter magic, monsters and mayhem.

This movie is directed by Avi Nesher (Past Life) and stars Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian), Gordon Mitchell (Atlas Against the Cyclops), David Kirk Traylor (The Mr. Zed Show), Gregory Snegoff (Driving Miss Daisy) and Maria Cumani Quasimodo (Turn the Other Cheek).

This movie is a lot of fun and has a Conan/Mad Max feel to it. It had a great soundtrack too. The costumes and action choreography were more fun than good. This does have a classic 80s feel to it, with classic 80s nudity and the ladies were gorgeous. I will say the blood looked fake, but the bridge scene was fun, and Frankenstein was awesome.

Overall, this movie delivers a nostalgia element for those who adore classic 80s pictures. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend it.

There was a time that flicks were popular if they had swords in them, remember Conan (1982), Red Sonja (1985), but they were the popular ones. Of course back then you still had those grindhouse theatres all over town and there you could catch flicks like She.

The first minutes you could easily see how ultra low budget this flick was. You don't watch it for the acting performances or effects used, you watched it for stupid stories and conversations. Of course some became a bit of cult like She. This is due Sandahl Bergman being in it as She who had a rather good career after this flick and of course Gordon Mitchell notorious for this kind of flicks.

You will have a big laugh if you see how serious it was made but to see the man with green eyes and the effects used it's all outdated. Or the Russian symbols used and the swastikas. Nobody had any trouble with it back then.

There's a bit of red stuff here and there but all done on stupid base. A perfect example of a genre just like flicks taking place in concentration camps which never came back because both were so wrong on ethics.

Luckily for the geeks it's out on DVD, just see the cover and you immediately knows what you will get, nothing at all, but great fun to see it nowadays, but only for lovers of that particular genre.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1,5/5 Comedy 0/5

I must say that I am starting an unfortunate career of following Sandahl Bergman flicks. Don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed what I've seen of Ms. Bergman's acting in Hell comes to Frogtown and in this film She(the book is interesting by the way). As long as you're not looking for anything special it's cool. I personally enjoyed it but I was lynched by the 3 friends I made watch it with me. Especially since the whole movie we were waiting for the plot to resemble anything that the back of the movie box. It never did. There was supposed to be this whole plot about the all powerful "She" falling for a man who might kill her. As far as I can tell there was a woman...who was generally referred to as "She"...and indeed there was a lead male character. But they never so much as looked at each other crosswise. But hey the real reason to watch the movie is ghouls, the god "She"(who has no powers as far as I can tell), the other god they meet who actually has powers and wants to "study" our heroine, the weird dividable guy(my fav)...it's a labyrinth of weirdness. I dug it.

I need to provide a bit of backstory of how I got this film as a kid. My classmate made me choose between "She" and "3 the hard way" and I picked the former.

On first viewing, I didn't know what to make of it. The story line is weird, the acting is campy but fun but the most intriguing part are the vast range of characters. Mutants, badly dressed henchmen, amazons, werewolf clans, a psychotic scientist and much more. The lead protagonists are wierdly mismatched and there is a lack of chemistry but overall, theere are many scenes that would make you laugh out loud and think to yourself, the writers and everyone involved definitely took some drugs.

Someone needs to remake this flick with a cohesive plot but with the same characters and story progression. I think it will work well for niche audiences in this day and age.

It looked like another Sheena/Xena/Amazonian adventure, complete with leather tutu. What it turned into dropped off the category of "mindless entertainment" into something I found painful to watch -- at different points, I wasn't sure it was the same movie. Anachronisms abound. The current score of 4.9 appears the result of ratings at both ends of the spectrum, and not much in the middle.

This is an hysterical romp, a mix of Conan and Mad Max, made with a lot of colorful, unfinished ideas, mixed up in a total mess, a bad movie that is fun to watch because you ever know what will come next. In this, it is a great Z-movie, almost fun as Plan 9 from outer space, but if you search for a serious sword and sorcery clone, stay away. For fun of B-movies only

Okay, now here we have some kind of woman that is suppose to be a god (?) and she's suppose to kill all the eeeevil Norks or something like that. They tried to mix Mad max and Conan and OH MY GOD this is bad. If you want a big laugh or if you are into S&M, this might be a good movie for you...

The title is "She", but this film is pure "She-it". A high school level production and it shows in everything, writing, directing, acting, costumes, locations, production values, FX, combat, you name it.

I suppose with a 12-pack of cheap 3.2 beer and a bag of Doritos it might be a passable time waster on a dull Saturday night. Either that or clean out your garage.

I watched it simply because Sandahl Bergman was in Conan. That's it, the only reason.

Do they still make movies like this? Should they?

If you watch the movie whilst drunk I'm guessing you will enjoy it :)

'She' is one of those eighties 'sword and sorcery' films that tried to ride the success of the 'Conan' films. There were quite a lot of 'Conan imitations' around that time - some played it straight while others embraced the silliness of it all. 'She' definitely falls into the latter. Although there aren't too many 'jokes' it seems to be self-aware of how daft it really is.

It's set in your typical 'post apocalyptic' world where what little there is left of humanity seem to live in various tribes. One tribe (the bad ones!) raid a community and kidnap a woman. Her brother and his friend set out to get her back and, in doing so, come into contact with the leader/Goddess of another faction, known as 'She.' Together they all team up and... well, much of the film consists of them getting captured by one crazy gaggle of weirdos after another - each lot having more bizarre costumes which seems to come right out of a charity shop or thrift store. My favourite lot were the ones who looked like a team of 'Dengars' (if you know your random 'Empire Strikes Back' trivia).

To pad out the runtime there's plenty of - seemingly random - rock music to crank up the tension, even when it's not really applicable. Perhaps the weirdest scene was the 'bridge crossing' which arrives about three quarters of the way through. Here we stray off into something akin to 'Monty Python,' only with possibly the most annoying character I've ever seen (think worse than Jar Jar Binks and that bloke out of 'The Fifth Element' who's name currently escapes me, but he was a space DJ or something).

It's a little on the long side, but it's silly enough to make it entertaining, even if it's only from the sheer randomness of the ride. One you can have on in the background and still not really miss anything.

The Quick Pitch: In a post-apocalyptic world, Tom and his friend set out to rescue his kidnapped sister. The pair is quickly kidnapped by a group led by She. Eventually, She agrees to help the guys on their quest. They'll face a variety of foes, each more bizarre than the previous one, if they're to be successful.

I'll start this by saying that I can't begin to count the number of times I've seen She. I believe it was a staple on the old USA Network "Up All Night". However, even though I've seen it who knows how many times, I will readily admit that She is garbage. The plot is completely nonsensical, the production values are lame, and the acting is, for the most part, incredibly weak. So, if She is that bad, why have I seen it so many times? Because She is just fun. It's 80s-era cheese at its finest. When you combine elements of movies like The Road Warrior and The Warriors with a giant in a tutu, a band of toga-wearing werewolves, a Robin Williams-esque bridge guard, a cult leader with glowing green eyes, and a variety of other outlandish characters, you end up with She. It's all a mish-mash of largely incoherent ideas and visuals that never fail to pull me in.

The film stars Sandahl Bergman as She. If you've seen Ms Bergman in other films, you know what to expect. I really did, however, like the way she played it all straight, regardless of the nonsense going on around her. Gordon Mitchell pops up near the end in what amounts to little more than a cameo. Still, he's always fun to watch. She's partner, Shandra, is played by Quin Kessler. I thought she had a real screen presence and I'm surprised to discover she didn't do many more movies. The rest of the acting is largely forgettable.

7/10

Ratings Breakdown: Story - 0.50 :: Direction - 0.75 :: Pace - 0.50 :: Performance - 1.00 :: Entertainment 0.75 :::: TOTAL - 3.50/10.00.

Dear reader, let me save you some time and brain cells: "She" (1984) is a post-apocalyptic sword-and-sorcery disaster that makes Battlefield Earth look like Citizen Kane. This fever dream of a film follows Tom (David Goss, the human embodiment of a tree stump) on a noble quest to rescue his kidnapped sister. Along the way, he teams up with She (Sandahl Bergman), a cult-ruling warrior queen with a wardrobe seemingly inspired by discount aerobics gear and Jane from Tarzan.

The story? Nonsensical. The action? Painfully slow. The characters? Less relatable than a box of rocks. Director/writer Avi Nesher serves up a cavalcade of bizarre set pieces: toga-wearing werewolf cannibals, brain-dead he-men in leotards & tutus, and mad scientists, all stitched together with the finesse of Frankenstein's monster. It's as if Nesher threw darts at a "Cool Things" board and forgot to connect them with a plot.

The acting is equally baffling. Bergman gives it her all, but is saddled with dialogue so bad it should come with a warning label. Goss, meanwhile, recites his lines with the enthusiasm of someone reading the phone book. And Harrison Muller Jr.? His over-the-top performance could power a small nation.

Let's not even start on the wardrobe, a terrifying mash-up of Halloween leftovers and '80s aerobics chic, or the "special effects," which feel like an afterthought. Even the fight scenes-crucial for this genre-drag on endlessly, with all the energy of a sloth on sedatives.

In short, "She" isn't a guilty pleasure; it's an endurance test. Watching it feels like a public service-so you don't have to. You're welcome. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go bathe my eyes and wash my brain.