A good effort.

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2000)

The experiments with the computer on the special effects were a good try but too obvious, too virtual. In the other hand the blood and battles were a little too real for general taste if you are not a G.I Joe fan.
Some scenes are worth to be seen as they present beautiful sites of an ideal Rome. The acting of Joaquin (Leaf) Phoenix is outstanding, as for Russell Crowe I think was good but when it came to show the reasons for all this blood it lacked the feelings shown by Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
As for the music nothing extraordinary , the costums were good but in general is going to be more a commercial scandal than a quality one.
The direction; very good.