Slave Revolution.

Rating: 8/10 (2 October 2013)

Kirk Douglas is magnificent in director Stanley Kubrick's epic retelling of Spartacus, who was a Roman slave who was drafted into gladiator school, where he learned both the combat and military skills that would later prove to be invaluable to him, as well as hardening his hatred for and resolve against Roman rule, when he leads a slave revolt that grows to astronomical proportions, posing a real threat to the Empire, thus inspiring many political machinations among the Roman senate involving both Senators & Generals(played by Sir Laurence Oliver, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov) that plan to defeat Spartacus' army. Jean Simmons plays the woman Spartacus loves, and Tony Curtis plays his fellow slave and loyal friend.
Large-scale production is most impressive and powerfully told, with few lulls in its 3+ hour length. History records the inevitable outcome, yet the legend of this man and his rebellion against tyranny lives on.