Funny but cute

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2010)

Legions, walking in the woods like primary school scouts, fighting using barbarian tactics more than barbarians, female warriors that are facing legions easily in tactical combat and close combat and women kicking ace of 100 pounds bigger men like in Jacky Chan movie ... all this stuff are decreasing the value of this movie. The other thing that might irritate you are special effects: ridiculous blood splashes in the battles like in some Tarantino movie. However, I found this movie still fun. Camera, costumes and acting are superb. The rhythm of the film is good so the director has overcome the problem of having a dry historical theme movie. What I also liked about the movie is that it shows historical balance as it was: Rome is not the light as in Gladiator but the brutal power that faces another brutal power. However, what this movie mainly keeps away from splendid flicks with of the same topic is lack of secondary plot as in Gladiator for example.