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Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need (The Director's Cut) (2002)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
A director's cut version of the final two episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess. A dead woman from Xena's past sends a monk to ask the warrior princess for help. Xena and Gabrielle travel to the far land of Japa, which Xena visited a long time ago, to face an evil spirit and his army.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending, dark fantasy
Plot:
female warrior, tough girl, strong female lead, heroine, mythology, female wrestler, good versus evil, friendship, warrior, girl power, combat, sword and sorcery, battles, lesbian, fight, hercules, female protagonist, supernatural ability, escapades, supernatural power, samurai, mermaid, badass female lead, ghost, forest ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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