Been there, done that.....better.

Rating: 4/10 (23 July 2000)

I'm sure to be one of the few that didn't like this picture.
The opening scene was fine, as were the cast and sfx (mostly). However the story was a pastiche of genre films, such as Spartacus, that did it better. The Arena scenes, surely the draw for most viewers, were few, brief and done with close ups and quick cut editing that obscured most of the action. Anthony Quinn and Victor Mature did it better....in Black & White no less.