Review of Amazons and Gladiators (2001) by Denis C — 31 Jan 2005

Plus:

- titillating costumes and nudity.

- acting OK except for support roles.

- music and photography are competently done.

Minus:

- We hear that "60 years after the birth of Christ... one of Caesar's greatest generals, Marcus Crassius, was a hero of the Punic wars and the man who captured Spartacus." Now: 1. Spartacus was not captured 2. but defeated by Crassus (no i, lived 115-53 B.C.), 3. in the year 73 B.C.; 4. the third and last Punic war ended in 146 B.C.

- The Amazon queen is called Zenobia. The real Zenobia was queen of Palmyra (now in modern Syria), not Pannonia (in modern Hungary and Austria).

- Some of these Pannonians are called Serena and Samuel and Matthew and Gretchen.

- Senator Angelo??

- Snippet: "...everything will be different when we're free - Will it? We'll still just be wimmin." (Rubbish! there's a sorority of bosomed newagey cheerleader Amazons waiting for them!).

- rip-off: amazon Jennifer Rubin in Xena outfit.

- "With the advance of the Visigoths, Huns, Vandals and Amazons, the Roman empire would soon fall..." well, four centuries later.

- Why does Nichole Hiltz (Serena, the main character) only get fourth mention in the credits? She should be first or second (after Patrick Bergin, "Crassius").