Review of The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) by Ashley H — 15 Oct 2016

Sergio Leone is one of m all-time favorite directors and I'd actually never seen his first film, which I'd always read was nothing special and this sword-and-sandal epic lived up to that reputation.

There are glimpses of the great filmmaker Leone would become with his next film "A Fistful of Dollars" with some nicely framed shots and some well staged action sequences, but this film is missing the elegance of his later films and also some of his more outlandish camera movements and zooms.

Overall, it's a pretty standard sword-and-sandal flick that's only slightly better than average.