Barfacus

Rating: 5/10 (4 January 2019)

Self-conscious, moralizing wanna-be epic that fails to connect on an emotional level.
I'm baffled how this sword-and-sandal extravaganza came to be as highly regarded as it did. Perhaps b/c it had Kirk Douglas coin behind it. Or Kubrick's name on it. Or what you might call it's civil rights theme. None of it resonates.
There's enough hammy over-acting to feed a family of 10 at Easter.
It would have been a relief to see ''Michael Rushton" from Made in Canada jump out of the bushes in the last scene and shout "I am Damocles! No, I am Hamocles!" just to lighten the mood.