Dreadfully boring with very little action and a weak story that kept me from being fully vested in it. This post-Claudian Rome where a princess sold into slavery is protected by former servant Gordon Scott, basically now a slave himself, using his big muscles to push rocks up hills only for them to roll right back down again. The film really is nothing more than an excuse to show Scott in action, although there's not much going on outside of Scott being pushed too hard until he finally snaps. It's indicated that princess Wandisa Guida is a Christian, but she barely gets much of a back story.
Far too much talk and a rather poor print had this becoming insufferingly unwatchable, and with gladiator films, outside of a few, it's a one-off viewing where it has to grab me immediately. Very poor dubbing doesn't help, and the sets look very cheap, as if standing sets from previous gladiator movies hadn't been kept up, or that a storm had just gone through weakening them. Still Scott is amazing to look at, not even needing to flex to create some heat. No gladiator games to speak of either also weakens it considerably.
Far too much talk and a rather poor print had this becoming insufferingly unwatchable, and with gladiator films, outside of a few, it's a one-off viewing where it has to grab me immediately. Very poor dubbing doesn't help, and the sets look very cheap, as if standing sets from previous gladiator movies hadn't been kept up, or that a storm had just gone through weakening them. Still Scott is amazing to look at, not even needing to flex to create some heat. No gladiator games to speak of either also weakens it considerably.