'Swords and Sandals' meets 'Swords and Sorcery' in this swashbuckling comic strip style version of the battle of Thermopylae, the time when 50,000 Persians were held for days by 300 Spartans at a pass into Greece. Waves of costumed Persians are slashed, gashed, chopped, spiked, speared and generally mutilated in this operatic tribute. find out more...

In an attempt to anchor King Arthur's existence in some kind of historical reality, the filmmakers behind this update of the Arthurian legend have focused on the politics of the time (set roughly around the time the Romans were leaving our sceptred isle) and left alone the more traditional, supernatural elements associated with the legend. The result is a bewildering affair mixing Braveheart-esque realism (lots of gristle and gore in the Directors Cut, and subtitles enforcing the story's hypothe find out more...