Do you like movies about gladiators, Tommy?

I don't know about you guys, but I don't. Hell, Kubrick directed Spartacus, and I don't even like that one very much. The Russell Crowe one was pretty good, but that makes one out of a zillion or so.

In general, perhaps I should add to the Scoopy Unities - leather strap-around leg wear is a sure sign of top quality entertainment, from Victor Mature to Steve Reeves.

I guess it could be worse. It was better than David Arquette's Othello. Actually, I kinda liked Arquette in that Al Jolson blackface, but I found Chris Klein to be a dubious casting choice as the scheming Iago. Or maybe I just dreamed that.

Man, I gotta cut down on spicy food before bedtime.

This Arena movie is an especially sloppy cheapozoid exploitation flick. I guess they cut a couple scenes that should have stayed, because there is at least one major contunuity error, but worse than that there's at least one plot development that couldn't have happened at all - at least not without some explanation, however shabby.

That's the bad news.

The good news is:

-This one is about FEMALE gladiatiors
-They get naked
-One of them is Pam Grier, stark nekkid, 24-years-old

And that, my friends, is the rest of the story.

Good day.

Written by: Scoopy...Scoopy.net