The Arena (1974)
Directed by Steve Carver
Genres - Drama, Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Costume Adventure, Sword-and-Sandal |
Release Date - Mar 13, 1974 (USA) |
Run Time - 83 min. |
Countries - Italy, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching
Pam Grier and Margaret Markov reteamed a year after Black Mama, White Mama for this similarly crowd-pleasing exploitation effort. They play Roman slaves who eventually rebel against their male oppressors. Mixing elements from the Italian peplum and the Filipino women's prison movies, The Arena also adds some po-faced feminist theory while still managing to exploit its scantily-clad stars. Italian film regulars Lucretia Love and Rosalba Neri look strangely out of place in a movie filmed in their own country, but fans of drive-in movies should be pleased.
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Keywords
bad-guy, battle [war], contest, freedom, gladiator, good-guy, Roman, slavery, warrior, woman, ancient
Attributes
Low Artistic Quality, Low Production Values