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What’s more, the film's origin scene—where Sonja receives her fighting skills—is lazily retconned into a therapy session with her enemy, revealing that the villain was actually a young boy she was separated from, a shocking twist that adds little substance to her legendary history.

The Core Failures: Feminization and Misguided Reboots

Red Sonja 2025 exemplifies Hollywood's obsession with "girl boss" narratives—emasculating her original character by stripping her of her savage, sexualized strength and replacing it with activism, therapy, and environmental messages. Instead of embracing her roots—blood, guts, and boobs—the film panders to modern sensibilities, which disappoint fans expecting a gritty, straightforward sword-and-sorcery adventure.