GIANTS OF ROME
(AKA I GIGANTI DI ROMA)(1964)
In the set: 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Classics
While Hercules is not in this, it might as well
have been a Hercules movie! Not much different
than the droves of Hercules movies before or
after! C
A review from IMDb.com:
In Giants Of Rome Richard Harrison leads a
handpicked crew to seek and destroy a legendary
secret weapon that the Druids have constructed
blocking a pass. Given that this is an ancient
world epic, how advanced technologically could
the weapon be?
The plot is a homage to The Guns Of Navarone
and while it isn't anywhere up to the standard
of that film, it's a bit better than some of
the peplum films I've been viewing lately.
The dialog is a bit much however. When the
band of warriors have to kill some Gauls and
take a couple of prisoners, one of them is
a woman. To which Harrison asks her why she
hates the Romans so much. I mean really.
None other than Julius Caesar himself gives
Harrison and his band their mission orders.
Just what is this terrible secret weapon?
All I can say is it's nothing the Roman
legions hadn't faced before, just
bigger. - bkoganbing