Red Sonja Is Back in a New Film Starring Revenge's Matilda Lutz — and Fans Have Opinions: 'This Looks Terrible. I Love It!'

No Arnold successful sight, but that doesn’t mean they can’t bring Red Sonja backmost to the large screen, right? Right? Yeah, it’s decidedly not the reboot you expected, but this twelvemonth volition bring america a caller mentation of the 1985 adaptation starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen.

The 2025 reboot stars Matilda Lutz — who knocked her starring relation successful Coralie Faraget’s debut diagnostic Revenge retired of the parkland — and conscionable debuted a trailer, below, that immoderate fans are saying feels a spot schlocky. “How does it look similar it's some inexpensive BUT inactive wastes money?” 1 YouTube idiosyncratic wrote successful the comments.

Several different fans agreed. “This is the astir 2009 - 2011 happening I've ever seen,” different idiosyncratic said, portion different hilariously quipped: “Since erstwhile did the SyFy transmission spell mainstream?” A 3rd commenter summed up the vibe: “This looks similar the astir costly B-movie ever.”

Another affectionate instrumentality said what galore folks are astir apt thinking. “This looks terrible,” they wrote. “I emotion it!”

Other fans are blessed the reboot — which is directed by MJ Bassett, who helmed the underrated Megan Fox movie Rogue a fewer years backmost — is really happening. “This movie was primitively scheduled to beryllium released 15 years ago. I'm conscionable gladsome it's yet been made,” different idiosyncratic gushed, portion 1 idiosyncratic noted, “I retrieve erstwhile this was expected to beryllium a Robert Rodriguez joint.” Rodriguez did person a mentation of the movie successful the works backmost successful 2008 with Rose McGowan acceptable to prima successful the rubric role, but by the pursuing twelvemonth that mentation had been scrapped.

Some are stoked connected the task — oregon astatine slightest consenting to springiness it a changeable — purely from a nostalgia standpoint. “Brigitte Nielsen volition ever beryllium Red Sonja for me, but this looks fun. A nice, hack and slash, sword and sandals movie? I'm there,” 1 instrumentality excitedly wrote, portion different brought up what would’ve been a chill casting choice. “The lone happening that would marque maine much excited would beryllium if Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s lad was playing his character,” they wrote.

“As a 90s baby, I retrieve watching Red Sonja with Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold,” yet different instrumentality gushed successful the comments conception of the trailer. “I volition beryllium watching for nostalgia if nothing.” A abstracted idiosyncratic agreed, noting, “I was a teen erstwhile the archetypal came out. This looks similar large B movie fun.”

However, not everyone is ace connected committee with the film, which besides stars Skins alum Luca Pasuqalino and Misfits favourite Robert Sheehan.

“What took Hollywood truthful agelong to yet marque a Red Sonja movie?” 1 instrumentality questioned successful the YouTube comments. “This should’ve been made astatine slightest 10 years ago. As a 90s baby, I remember/recognize Red Sonja but I can’t ideate immoderate of the youngins contiguous knowing who this is oregon adjacent caring.”

Another instrumentality highlighted discrepancies betwixt the comic root worldly and the trailer. “This looks similar a Red Sonja movie made by radical who don't get Red Sonja oregon the connection she shares with Conan,” they wrote. “Gail Simone's caller publication was close there, and it would person been a fantastic root for a movie... This looks disappointing.”

The film’s authoritative synopsis reads: “Enslaved by an evil tyrant who wishes to destruct her people, barbarian huntress Red Sonja indispensable unite a radical of improbable warriors to look disconnected against Dragan The Magnificent and his deadly bride, Dark Annisia.”

Red Sonja volition beryllium released successful theaters connected August 15, with a streaming day acceptable for August 29.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.