RED SONJA (2025) Movie Review – Ending Explained

Matilda Lutz and Wallis Day were awesome in Red Sonja (2025)! I thought I would start with the positive, because the film turned out to be just very average in most respects. I will say that I did “kind of” enjoy it, and that’s about as generous as I can honestly be.

The main issue for me in Red Sonja was the writing. The plot just didn’t go anywhere interesting, and I don’t remember any of the characters saying anything noteworthy in the whole movie. I felt that it had a rushed exposition that didn’t draw the viewer in and also a rushed climax near the end. The acting, costuming, action sequences, and the directing (in some ways) were the strengths of this film. The story just wasn’t compelling enough to make it all work.

Sudden non sequitur short story:

So one day I was at the beach with my family. I was just doing beach stuff when a woman with a large dark coat approaches me. She looks like a real-life vampire. Why is she dressed like that in this hot weather?

Ianara: My love, I am Ianara. I came here to meet you.

Me: I don’t understand. I’m just some totally normal regular dude at the beach.

Ianara: That is not true! You are very special!

Me: Really? Other than beach stuff, I mostly just watch TV and play video games.

I start to think this is a mirage, that none of this is real. Am I dreaming? Do I even like beach stuff? What is the “stuff” I have been doing this whole time? So many questions flood into me —I begin to question TIME and EXISTENCE and EVERYTHING! Should I have eaten that entire box of crackers that one time? Do I secretly hate my neighbor’s second cousin? What’s the point of ever drinking water if you can have a better tasting beverage? Do I secretly LOVE my neighbor’s cousin?

Ianara: Will you join me and escape to a new life?

Me: I am sorry, Ianara. I cannot come with you. I have to go profess my love to my neighbor’s cousin!

Ianara fades, but it happens in such a way that my eyes can’t see it properly. It’s like they aren’t capable of capturing what the universe just did. Perhaps I will wake up from a surreal dream later. Perhaps I really do like beach stuff.

Back to the review…

Ending Explained: Red Sonja wins against her opponent.

Final Thoughts: 5/10 Crowns. I really wanted to like Red Sonja, and I did a little bit at least. This was mostly only due to the star power of Matilda Lutz and Wallis Day and not really due to anything else. It may just be me that is unenthusiastic about the film, though. I mean people like normal and average things, right? Any lover of average things would probably think this was the most incredibly exciting example of average in cinema history! I wish I could someday be a lover of average. Think of the sea of content you would be able to enjoy!