Red Sonja
Director MJ Bassett 's Red Sonja is a bit of a mixed bag that makes several decisions about Sonja and her world that drastically limit the character's effectiveness on-screen. The first choice is to offer a tragic origin story but somehow not allow for Sonja's communion with a god granting her the fighting skills necessary to take her revenge until the end of the movie. The choice leaves Sonja a capable warrior for much of the film but far short of the larger-than-life She-Devil with a Sword who has entranced readers for more than 50 years.
