Review – Spartacus

If you have the intestinal fortitude or the interest in the subject matter to entice you to take on this epic, be prepared to devote some time to it. Also be ready for a heapin’ helpin’ of strident political rhetoric; to a large extent, this is “Hollywood Ten” alumnus Dalton Trumbo’s revenge for years of blacklisting. Still, in Stanley Kubrick’s capable hands the final product is a decent if somewhat melodramatic retelling of the story of the slave revolt that seriously threatened the Roman Republic. Worth seeing