Review of Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) by Victor L — 26 Mar 2005

:fresh: Certainly, the movie is entertaining, the battles between Demetrius and the gladiators are great, the moment when romans releases de tigers is great and how Demetrius defeats them. Ernest Borgnine makes a minor appearence, but he shows he is an amazing actor, a young Anne Bancroft who doesn't act so good, Victor Mature with his intolerable posses of the handsome man and the Hollywoodesque romance he has with Susan Haywarth as Messalina, the Claudius' wife.

Saint Peter is completely miscasted, I want to kill Caligula too, what a bad actor!!. The screenplay doesn't respect the real history and takes many freedoms to kill Caligula and how Claudius raised with the crown. This is the main reason why this film couldn't be a classic about the Bible, gladiators and the history of Roman Empire. As sequel, we can say it was decent.