The return of sword and sandals!

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2018)

There was huge excitement when Ridley Scott decided to revive the sword and sandals genre that had been dead since the early 1960s. Gladiator was truly epic and gripping. It didn't really revive the genre in retrospect though we had Troy I suppose. My only gripe was that Scott edited out scenes that were longer on dialogue and shorter on action. Might have varied the pace and added more depth. Great to see veteran actors like Derek Jacobi chewing the scenery.