Where's the gore?

Rating: 9/10 (28 June 2000)

It's a film about Gladiators so where's the gore? Predictable in in the most part, especially for those who are familiar with "The Life Of Brian" or even several Billy Connolly sketches, but moves along at a reasonable pace. I fully expected to see John Cleese selling Otters noses in the arena, and is that really Big Gay Al running the theatre? Manages to keep your interest (it had better - it's a long film) but is a bit lacking in gore. It's a film about Gladiators for goodness sake so a little less mawkishness and a bit more of the old blood and guts wouldn't have gone amiss. It doesn't have to be Texas Chainsaw Massacre but it doesn't have to be Asterix either. And Oliver Reed is fantastic so yah boo sucks to any director who worried about working with him.