MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

arfdawg-1 Hands down this must be one of the worst movies ever made. For a female prison pic, it's at the bottom of the barrel too. There is really no plot. There's a prison for like 3 or 4 women on an isolated island. There are more guards than prisoners! If you've seen any prison flicks, you know the drill only this one is so slow you will fall asleep in the middle of the rapes and beatings!Oh, yes and then there's the crazy lesbian warden who wears a monacle and likes the prisoners to beat HER up!Oy vey. This movie must have had a three dollar budget.When the three prisoners escape, you'd think everyone on the island would know it because they are talking so loud. Don't expect acting. The quality lies somewhere below a 4 year old reading lines.I'm really shocked by some of the good reviews. This movie isn't even bad-good. It's just a bore.

Michael_Elliott Barbed Wire Dolls (1975) *** 1/2 (out of 4) A young woman (Lina Romay) is sent to prison after accidentally killing her father (Franco himself) who was trying to rape her. Inside the prison she must deal with an evil warden (Monica Swinn), a mixed up doctor (Paul Muller) and all sorts of sexually hungry lesbians. As far as WIP (Women in Prison) films go then this is without question the best one I've seen as it has no limits to the amount of trash it will go to whether it be violence, torture, nudity or sexual abuse. The film never takes itself overly serious and instead is just a good time if you can stand this type of thing. Romay has the perfect look for the good girl and really delivers on that level. Her sexuality certainly shine through as does the rest of the girls. I've said quite often that no one knows how to film women better than Franco and his camera is constantly looking over all the beautiful women and picking up everything he can. Swinn is also in good form as the lesbian warden who love to torture and rape. Franco keeps the action moving through the rather short 80-minute running time, which is a great thing as the film never slows down or gets boring. All of the women makes for good characters to root for and all he bad guys are great villains including the Governor who gets his kick watching his assistant do the women. The highlight of the film however belongs to a flashback sequence where we see Romay kill her father being played by Franco. This scene, shot in slow motion, is just so incredibly silly that you can't help but laugh out loud.

Coventry Well, you can't openly declare that you like (or even enjoy) watching this type of movies because then – let's face it – you automatically get a stamp on your head that says 'potential threat to society'. Barbed Wire Dolls is a non-stop series of sex and violence that explicitly focuses on female nudity and sexual torture. The more reasonable reason to be interested in this film is the man who made it. Jesus Franco, the undeniable Godfather of sleaze takes on the ultra-controversial subject of 'Babes behind Bars' here. Franco is a remarkable director to say the least, with over 180 films on his repertoire as a director. Although this 'Barbed Wire Dolls' doesn't come close to his best achievements, it sure is memorable. But not exactly for the right reasons… The plot is thin to non-existent, it lacks range and feeling and there's no tension to detect. Even the typical exploitation-music (a must for films like this) is absent. Compared to what you might think, it isn't even THAT gross or nauseating. The film doesn't feature sequences of extreme bloodshed or severe mutilation. Instead, Barbed Wire Dolls only serves a lot of naked female beauty and absurd characters. We have the lesbian guard with obvious Nazi-tics, insane prisoners and fraudulent authority-figures. Oh, and let's not forget the falsely accused heroine and the remorseful male guard. Actually, Barbed Wire Dolls looked ideal to supply with a neutral rating. Like 4 or 5 out of 10…but then it got entirely spoiled by the abrupt and idiotic ending. Really, it looks like Franco all of a sudden got tired of it and just said: 'That's a wrap'. Maybe he had to hurry to another set…your agenda is pretty much filled with 180 movies to direct.

Pierre-Alexandre Buisson Women in prison films are always kinda... ridiculous. And this one doesn't save the genre, or the day. A gorgeous brunette, miss Romay, Jess Franco's nice wife, plays the main character : a murderous whore who killed her lover because he was cheatin. Being an average actress, our dear Lina just keeps on getting nude to shine bright... And the story is the same as in all prison movies : get nude, get raped, get tortured, scream, spread those legs, be cute, scream once more, make love to your cell mate, kill, fight... This time around Jess Franco himself saves the day by breaking in the prison and kidnapping the young and innocent prisoner, who later kills him to get away with an obscure insurance agent and the money of a robbery (?!?). This is not a particulary good Franco film, but it sure is respectable fun for the whole family and you'll laugh to death as Lina Romay gets her electric treatment right... between the legs. So franco-esque.