We were left wondering at different times what happened. Sparticus was trapped by the sea... He did not know what to do... His adversary was ready to crush him... And then you find out in an undramatic way five minutes later that Sparticus escaped over the commercial break, but the movie never showed it. Yeah, but since it was made for television - not a bad effort.
I thought it was sort of an attempt to combine Braveheart and Gladiator. The Roman senator took the role of Longshanks, Sparticus took the role of William Wallace and The Spaniard.
All we needed was Mel Gibson in a supercharged Mustang.
Still, I thought it wasn't too bad.
I agree.
We DID enjoy it. We just wished we could see the rest of the movie that ended up on the cutting floor.