A secret society of deadly warrior women plan on taking over the world by placing fellow females in positions of power after killing off various important and influential men. Sound cool and exciting? Well, this teleflick fails to realize the complete potential of its fun premise thanks to Paul Michael Glaser's competent, but dry direction, sluggish pacing, David Soloman's blah and talky script, and a too serious tone that surprisingly avoids any possibilities for campy humor. Fortunately, the sound cast keeps it watchable: Madeline Stowe makes for a personable heroine as the sweet and spunky Dr. Sharon Fields, Jack Scalia contributes an engaging turn as the hunky and persistent Lt. Tony Monaco, Jennifer Warren does well as ruthless, yet pragmatic and sympathetic lead villain Dr. Diana Cosgrove, Tamara Dobson provides some much needed (and appreciated) spark and thus steals the show as the lethal Rosalund Joseph (Dobson shows off her impressive martial arts prowess in a couple of scenes), Stella Stevens makes the most out of her supporting role as the glamorous Kathryn Lundquist, and veteran character actor William Schallert has a nice bit as the ill-fated Congressman Stanford Barstow. There's some decent action in the last third, but it's too little and too late to alleviate the general tedium. Both Dean Cundey's sharp cinematography and the moody score by Basil Poledouris are up to par. An okay time-waster.
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