They were better off as slaves!

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2002)

Ok, good movie with lots of great acting (Ustinov especially), but the ending was very unsatisfactory. SPOILER COMING UP: Out of the thousands of people who fought for Spartacus, in the end only his wife and baby son get away and it's not like their future is that safe from the Romans either. He only achieved something on an individual level. They say at the beginning it would take a further 2000 years for slavery to be abolished so it all seemed like a big waste of time. Well, at least it was a fun and enjoyable waste of time, i guess, but it wasn't as good as ol' Ben-Hur.