Kubrick Directed; Not His Vision

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2019)

(Flash Review)
The rise and fall of a strategic slave uprising lead by the famous Spartacus. This epic tale takes place in 73 B.C. where slaves are trained to fight as gladiators (training later used battling for their freedom) to the death for the shallow enjoyment of the upper class. The side story is how Stanley Kubrick was urgently hired to direct this picture and not truly tapped for his renowned creativity so he Kirk Douglas wrestled for final decisions. It is a high quality production with good acting, engrossing pacing and a believable romance with Varinia another person to be bought and sold. When she is sold away from Spartacus, it sparks him to lead a rebellion. Will he have the skills, the manpower and the strategy to take it to the might of Caesar's Rome?