The result, to all intents and purposes, is pre-ordained.

| Feb 10, 2020

There have been other versions of the Spartacus story, including a silent epic and a more recent 온라인카지노추천 series, but Kubrick's film can't be beaten.

Full Review | Oct 23, 2014

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

Thrilling epic is too intense for the youngest.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 28, 2010

Douglas is terrific as the iron-jawed slave fuelled by righteous fury.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2009

The great-granddaddy of Ridley Scott's Gladiator hasn't lost any muscle tone after nearly half a century, and Kirk Douglas's direct, unpretentious performance as the great slave-rebel Spartacus is more engaging than ever.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 12, 2009

This may be the most literate of all the spectacles set in antiquity.

| May 8, 2007

Asurprisingly apt companion piece to Paths of Glory in its consideration of the mechanisms of power.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2006

The comparative frankness of the politics, sexuality, and violence, and especially the downbeat third act and memorable finale give it a dramatic heft beyond its predecessors.

| Original Score: B+ | May 2, 2005

Though this stuff could have been directed by anyone, the greatness of Spartacus is in the stretches everyone remembers.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 19, 2004

Kubrick's gladiator film is the pinnacle of sword-and-sandal epics.

| Mar 10, 2003

It is a spotty, uneven drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 9, 2002

This epic saga of the price of freedom is thrilling to watch, the struggles of conscience as gripping as the brilliantly staged battle scenes.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 20, 2002

Of all the historical epics, this pretty much takes the biscuit, with an unbelievable cast, incredible cinematography and plenty of quotable scenes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The most courageous thing about it, from today's standards, is that it closes without an obligatory happy ending, and an audience that has watched for 187 minutes doesn't get a tidy, mindless conclusion.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A- | Oct 7, 1960