The Spagetti Western of Sandal Epics

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2007)

By my number rating, this film could have been much better than it is. I felt like I was watching a wide screen version of Xena: Warrior Princess at times. Sporadically cheezy, with, as other reviewers have noted, great actors made to look amateurish by a director who is far more at home directing TV.
It could have been longer, with a more even flow; with sets that could look less like paper mache, and who designed that DisneyWorld waterfall beside the styrofoam Stonehenge? But, the story and charm of the characters is far better than the summer effects-laden blockbusters that have all come and gone. Aishwarya Rai's picture may make it on my wall.
This is a decent family film that could spark conversations on history, mythology, and film-making from a non-American perspective. It would have been a great release from the 1960's. Ray Harryhausen would have felt at home as part of the crew.......