Want to see manly men to walk in his underwear all day, their muscles bulging, their bodies oiled? Take action and fighting ultra licked aesthetically and visually?
Look no further! Spartacus: Blood and Sand is the series for you ...
Why have started watching this series? I do not know myself! Sure, she has undeniable arguments (the hero, his friends gladiators, etc. ...), the action, the aesthetic, a spirit but a little peplum made by people who have seen a bit too Matrix among others.
In fact, it's been a while since I read some reviews of this series, and they are always either very good or very bad. In any case, the least we can say is that it arouses controversy. On the one hand, this series does not disappoint: we are promised blood and sex, and the promise is kept!
Of course, the scenario leaves little to be desired, aim instead: the hero (I do not even know his real name), a Thracian, began by leading a revolt against the Roman legate (a man vile without honor, as of course, boo! Romans! Wicked Romans!) and managed to escape with his beloved wife. But the legacy is not one to let such insubordination and catch up. He takes his wife and captures the Thrace, before throwing it in full arena, where he faces certain death. Now this really heroic hero is a warrior and a fierce fighter, he survives, then, and the crowd cheers and request it to be spared. It arouses the interest of a certain Batiatus, owner of a ludus (where the gladiators train), which offered to host it but to enslave. It is then called Spartacus, a Thracian king legendary, and so his legend was born.
Spartacus has one thing in mind: to find his wife and win enough battles (thus money) to buy his freedom. Life in the ludus is not easy and our hero will have to face many demons (literally and figuratively, you understand) ...
Why I like this series it? Well, here's the scenario is simple, even simplistic, but the characters are amazingly believable. We are promised blood, sweat, tears, sex, and presto! That is exactly what one gets. It's almost too much so, too violent, too gory (blood spurts, spurts ...), but too slow, too many bad guys / good guys well defined, and yet ... There is something in this series. She finds her tone and sticks to it. One could almost feel the moist heat of Capua, the sweat dripping on muscular torsos, the machinations that are plotted in the background and the gladiators, who were promised wonders, adored as gods, and yet treated like slaves In less than nothing, and have one goal: to fight again and again to regain their freedom.
If that's not entertainment, I do not know!
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