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Thursday 9 October 2014

Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)

Before 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' became a TV series it was preceded by some TV movies, five of them, of which this is the first. The setup is simple: a village is under attack from beasts and only good guy Herc (Kevin Sorbo) and his blond sidekick (The Other Guy) can save it.
When not exploring verdant forests the heroes explore gender roles in a made-for-TV manner. Herc may be the son of Zeus, but when it comes to female logic even he can’t make head nor tail of their bullshit.
Lucy Lawless pops up in a supporting role but not as Xena.

2½ quick ones out of 5

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