I saw this on the recommendation of Mike Duncan, author of the wonderful History of Rome podcast, who, when asked by a listener about the best movie on Ancient Rome, mentioned this. He might have been kidding (he says he wasn't) - or maybe the costumes, sets, etc are spot on or something. The actual story is far fetched, to put it lightly: a Roman soldier is sent by the Senate (I think this is Republican Rome) to investigate a missing treasury shipment. He comes across a sect that is opposed to Rome and plans to raise Roman soldiers from the dead to combat the Romans.
It's gloriously silly with distracting dubbing, John Drew Barrymore effective as the main baddy, some impressive production design, a decent amount of acting, and very sexy women. Although this sounds as if it'll be awesome - zombies in Ancient Rome is pretty high concept - I have to admit it wasn't really. It wasn't very exciting and a lot was very familiar (crooked Roman governor and his slutty wife, beautiful and pure slave girl). Still that concept does get you a lot of points.)
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