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Il Ritorno del Gladiatore piu Forte del Mondo

Three Giants of the Roman Empire
Die Rückkehr der stärksten Gladiatoren der Welt

Italy 1971
produced by
Lea Film
directed by Bitto Albertini (as Al Albert)
starring Brad Harris, Massimo Serato (as John Barracuda), Raf Baldassarre, Michel Lemoine, Maria Pia Conte, Adler Gray, Margaret Rose Keil, Paolo Rosani, Alberto Farnese (as Albert Farley), Attilio Dottesio, Carla Mancini, Filippo Perego, Sergio Serafini
written for Bitto Albertini, music by Sergio Pagoni

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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The Roman Empire, circa 300 AD: Consul Caio (Massimo Serato, billed as Johnny Barracuda in this one) conspires with the Germans to attack the province of consul Valerio (Alberto Farnese) to ... well, to tell you the truth, I have no idea, he just does so because he's an evil bastard I suppose.

Thus Caio sends his best soldier Marzio (Brad Harris) along with his two sidekicks Claudio (Paolo Rosani) and the Fox (Raf Baldassarre) to Caio's province undercover to find out what's going on. Marzio soon learns several things, including facts about the planned all-out attack on Marzio's army and the fact that Caio killed Marzio's father ... but Caio has long grown wise to Marzio and lured him into a trap, arresting him for killing Manlio (Attilio Dottesio), the father of his own sweetheart Lizia (Maria Pia Conte), whom Caio secretly lusts for.

Marzio is to be torn apart by horses, but since he survives that ordeal, he is granted his freedom (again, I'm not really sure why) but treated to a sound beating by Caio's men. Ultimately though, Marzio makes it back to Valerio's province just in time for the Germans' attack, and with superior cunning, he is able to defeat both the Germans and Caio's army, is allowed to kill Caio himself, and is granted Valerio's post as consul after Valerio has died on the battlefield.

 


In 1971, the peplum as a genre has been dead for more than half a decade, and this film has done little to revive it - pretty much because this film was just too cheap for its own good: The sets are minimal (e.g. there are no exteriors of historical buildings at all, the arena used in the film is pitiful, the Roman fort used every now and again looks less than impressive, ...), the number of extras is kept surprisingly low even in epic battlescenes, and as a whole, the film lacks any cost-intensive setpieces ... and because of all this, the movie failed to leave a lasting impression with its audience.

Having said that, Three Giants of the Roman Empire is not an all-bad film - of course, everything said above is true, plus the actors and actresses are not exactly from the (Italian) A-list, but one cannot help noticing that the film keeps its tongue firmly in cheek and several quirky moments not expected in a film like this - like the heroes having a burping contest after an extensive sequence showing them eating roast duck or five Roman soldiers unwittingly pissing on Raf Baldassarre - make this one fun to watch after all.

So don't expect anything big, accept or even embrace the film's shortcomings, and you might even come to like Three Giants of the Roman Empire.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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