This is one that truly serves a purpose, showing the abuse of Christians during the Roman Empire, accused of being a band of cutthroats, robbing and killing the rich Romans of Pompeii and all Christian converts being put in prisons and used in the games which are in progress during the the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A. D. scapegrace has returned to his home to find it robbed and his family killed, and at first he believes that the Christians are responsible for the investigation proves otherwise. Beautiful Christina Kaufman helps show him the way, and when he's in the Coliseum as a gladiator order to kill the Christians, him and his men take a surprising turn. Just then, the mountain hundred miles away takes its own turn, and Pompeii enters its move as a destroyed city heading towards immortality.
There's an evil priest who has a pit bull of alligators in his palace, utilized to destroy his enemies, but Steve Reeves, in trapped in that pit, then just to make it out. Of course there are the Lions ready to face the Christians, and it's ironic what happens as Reeves and his Gladiators make their move. The special effects are really good, lasting about 20 minutes before the end of the movie, but what precedes it isn't bad either. It's certainly a lot easier and faster to watch this over the 1984 TV ntwork mini-series.
Colorful and elaborate, even romantic and spots, and the special effects are top notch where the sets book more realistic than just painted styrofoam. The destruction of the volcano is one of the most impressive disaster sequences I've seen in films with the ground opening up even after people have gotten out of the city and allegedly close enough to their escape. Reeves is delightfully rugged and does a convincing job as the macho hero.
There's an evil priest who has a pit bull of alligators in his palace, utilized to destroy his enemies, but Steve Reeves, in trapped in that pit, then just to make it out. Of course there are the Lions ready to face the Christians, and it's ironic what happens as Reeves and his Gladiators make their move. The special effects are really good, lasting about 20 minutes before the end of the movie, but what precedes it isn't bad either. It's certainly a lot easier and faster to watch this over the 1984 TV ntwork mini-series.
Colorful and elaborate, even romantic and spots, and the special effects are top notch where the sets book more realistic than just painted styrofoam. The destruction of the volcano is one of the most impressive disaster sequences I've seen in films with the ground opening up even after people have gotten out of the city and allegedly close enough to their escape. Reeves is delightfully rugged and does a convincing job as the macho hero.