Copyright 1998 The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Limited   

                               The Canberra Times
                          June 8, 1998, Monday Edition

: Part TVG; Page 14
: 190 words

HEADLINE: XENA'S DIRTY DOZEN


Xena: Warrior Princess, Ten Capital, 7.30pm: "Going up against the God of
War Aries is insane!" snarls one of the dirty half-dozen superkillers Xena
has recruited (a la The Dirty Dozen) to fight against a rampaging Aries.

   It is even more insane than he knows because in this adventure Aries'
right hand megathug is Agathon who somehow has come by a magic metal which
he uses to dress his army in magic, impenetrable armour and to make
himself a sword that cuts through other swords, shields (and anything at
all, really) like a chain saw cutting through cheese.   Xena offers her
recruits (again a la The Dirty Dozen) the choice of certain death in
prison or highly probable death against Aries. They choose the latter,
grumbling ungratefully as they do so. One of them finds a chink (at the
armpits) in the sthe baddies' armour and the token woman (surprise,
surprise, a great big blonde with breasts that threaten to spill out of
her ar mour-plated bodice) is so spectacularly good at head breaking and
groin kicking that it will not surprise if she gets her own show.

   Our rating: Half-a-dozen stars. - Ian Warden