EPISODE
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena - Season 1
The series kicks off with Gannicus in a more ruthless time before Spartacus' arrival where honor was just finding its way into the arena.
27 November 1988, New Zealand
26 December 1960, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
November 27, 1988 in New Zealand
15 September 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
August 21, 2017
The result is a production even more fantastically soapy than the first, visually elevated by an apocalyptic video-game look in which the orgiastic sex and violence are presented with a studied, syncopated choreography.
August 21, 2017
Unadulterated rubbish, and exactly what fans expect. Bravo, Starz.
August 21, 2017
It feels like the right time for Spartacus to meet his fate.
August 21, 2017
Let's just be grateful the Spartacus of the 1960 feature can't see this, or he'd roll over on his cross.
August 21, 2017
Within the first five minutes, we're treated to what plays like a 14-year-old boy's ultimate video game fantasy - soft porn and slow-motion blood spatters and swords plunged into all parts of the body.
August 21, 2017
The miniseries is a prequel, a narrative format that mainly lends itself to relentless wheel-spinning. So it was a pleasure to find out that the Gods of the Arena premiere was such a surprisingly enjoyable hour of television.
August 21, 2017
Gods of the Arena won't disappoint on the guilty pleasure front. If anything it's even more gratuitous than the original. It's not for the squeamish, nor perhaps for the refined. But it's al-i-i-i-i-i-ve in so many ways. So what the hell, let's rock.
