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Roland Emmerich’s ‘Those About to Die’ Puts Anthony Hopkins in a Toga for Some Dumb, Pulpy Fun: TV Review
The Peacock drama 'Those About to Die' stars Anthony Hopkins in a sword-and-sandals epic that's dumb, pulpy fun.
Adapted by screenwriter Robert Rodat (“Saving Private Ryan”), the TV version is a sword-and-sandal epic of the old school, spanning the seedy underbelly and opulent excess of ancient Rome. To the extent the unwieldy ensemble has a protagonist, it’s Tenax (“Game of Thrones” alum Iwan Rheon), a penniless orphan turned proprietor of Rome’s busiest gambling parlor, among other semi-licit endeavors. That logline nonetheless fails to encapsulate a stuffed roster of racers, gladiators, slaves, bettors, patricians, clerics and royalty, all vying to gain or retain status in a brutally violent, hierarchical society.
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