Kubrick and Douglas... perfect together!

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2002)

Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas's greatest collaboration, SPARTACUS, holds strong as one of the best epic movies ever. The film, about the huge slave uprising against the Romans sometime before the birth of Christ, bursts will extravagant settings, fantastic costumes, and thrilling warrior scenes that make GLADIATOR look like SESAME
STREET. Not only does the eye candy help in gaining the viewer's
attention, but the acting by everyone involved is first rate. Kirk Douglas is typically great portraying the movie's namesake, the slave determined to bring down the Roman empire. Laurence Olivier
is equally masterful as Spartacus' Roman nemesis, while Tony Curtis and Jean Simmons supply sentimental material as the people closest to Spartacus' life. In the director's seat, Kubrick scores high in
his second big-budget epic film following PATHS OF GLORY, which also starred Douglas. When you've got a fluid combination of actor and director, it's an unbeatable mix. Douglas and Kubrick have proved that.