Plot Summary Of Red Sonja

I literally knew nothing about Red Sonja before popping in the new Shout! Factory Blu-ray release of Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues. Okay, maybe nothing is a bit of a stretch, as I did know that Bridgette NeilisenX played her in an 80s movie I never got around to watching. Besides that, nothing else. Thankfully, you don't need to know much about Red Sonja to sit down and watch Queen of Plagues. Originally released as an 184 page graphic novel by Gail Simone, Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues is presented as a 74-minute motion graphic novel, with full, albeit sketchy voice acting and additional animations not seen in paper form. Is the disc worth it for fans and non-fans? Read on to find out...

PRODUCT INFORMATION

PLOT SUMMARY

Red Sonja, the She-Devil
It's the same story, just in a different medium. What's nice about this story is that it includes a new backstory for Sonja that explains her character quite nicely. Ever since Sonja was a child, she has been surrounded by murder, corruption, and betrayal. She manages to overcome these terrible situations and come out the other side a super strong, kickass warrior woman. However, while reacquainting herself with her savior of many years ago, Red Sonja runs into an old friend by the name of Dark Annisia, who manages to kick her ass and force her to be exiled and hopefully for Dark Annisia's sake, die from a plague. It is here in her dying days that we find out about her past and who this friend is that betrayed her. Of course, Red Sonja wouldn't be the kickass woman she is if she didn't at least try to rise up above a measly plague and save an entire city from death. You just need to make sure she is given enough time to have a drink or two before the battle.

Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues isn't a dull movie, much in thanks to the story by Gail Simone and the artwork by Walter Geovani. However, there are issues in translating this epic story to a moving medium. First off, there are plenty of areas where the animation is zoomed in and the quality of the picture degrades. This is done to give the look of the movie a more filmlike quality, but the constant bouncing back
Well, save for the ear-aching voice acting, it's not bad. I heard no distortion, hissing or low dialogue-although maybe that last part wouldn't be so bad. For anyone that is tech curious, the film is presented in XXX.

As for special features, you're getting one 18-minute long 'Making of' that features interviews with XXX, Gail Simone and XXX. It's an enjoyable sit-down and you get to see some behind the scenes with a couple actors voicing characters.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Making of Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues (18-mins approx)
VERDICT

Fans of the graphic novel should get a pretty cool kick out of seeing their favorite book come to life so to speak. However, even if you haven't heard much about the character before (like me), you'll still get some enjoyment out of this action-packed