Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need (The Director's Cut) (Video 2002)

Director:

Robert G. Tapert

Writers:

R.J. Stewart (story), R.J. Stewart (teleplay),

Stars:

Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Michelle Ang

Cast

Credited cast:
Lucy Lawless	...	Xena
Renée O'Connor	...	Gabrielle
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Ang	...	Akemi
Adrian Brown	...	Yodoshi
Ric Chan	...	Master Swordsman
Marton Csokas	...	Borias
Gregor McLennan	...	Captain
Kazuhiro Muroyama	...	Harukata
Mac Jeffrey Ong	...	Kenji
Trevor Sai Louie	...	Kao
Yvonne Tan	...	Ayako
Shiori Terada	...	Miyuki
Venant Wong	...	Morimoto
Gary Young	...	Saburo

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

Sword And Fantasy | Tough Girl | Main Character Dies | Woods | Prince | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Xena, la princesa guerrera

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company Credits

Production Co:

MCA Television, Renaissance Pictures, Studios USA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Xena: Gabrielle, if I'd only have thirty seconds to live, that's how I'd want to live them, looking into your eyes.

User Reviews

Worst then the series, really bad, especially because it pretends to be a movie...

I've seen part of the series and it wasn't like this, nobody can say that "Xena" series were a masterpiece, but we can see two episodes in-a-row that it stills funny and probably you go on to the third... This movie makes you wish that a bolt destroys the general power of your building!

Locations with wide landscapes obviously filmed on a set (except some New Zealand ones), abuse of smoke to make you do not repair in the mistakes and the studio walls, bad cinematography, awful special-effects, even worst screenplay and to do not contrast, the nastiest actors ever casted. A really flat crew, except the natural attributes of Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renée O'Connor).

Although, there were nice fight scenes and the costumes seems to be appropriate for the time. Something that I didn't understand was the thinking of the director Robert G. Tapert about the truly lesbian mean conversations, feeling and actions between the two main actresses of this direct to video one; was that the intention?! Was it necessary?! Was it part of the story?!?! So much focus on the kisses between them… Why?!?! Didn't believe in me? Take a look at this Xena quote: "Gabrielle, if I'd only have thirty seconds to live, that's how I'd want to live them, looking into your eyes."

Don't waste your time; you can be sure there are thousands of better options for you to spend sometime on the armchair.