Product ReviewsSpartacus: Blood and Sand: the Complete First Season (DVD)

Fantastic series.

Once you get used to the way they speak, it's a thrill ride all the way with fantastic bad guys, good guys all around! Have to watch out for the nudity though if you're viewing with young children....Read full review...

Not a very decent movie

The DVD disc was in very good condition when i receive them but watching the movie , There was a lot of nudity and bloody action in most of the movie . If you do not like a lot of gore and blood letting and all kinds of nudity this movie is not recommended for you . Read full review...

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one of the best shows on tv

my mother sister and i used to watch rome and liked it but spartacus blood and sand we love!!! it is so much more better!! when we first saw the adds we thought it looked good after the first episode we couldn't stop watching... its got a hot cast,awesome storylines,sex,violence,nudity, and it can be funny,awesome fights and battle scenses,and it even looks real like it would look back in that day... its not just for men and boys my mother sister and i love this show well my sister trys to watch it but shes too young anyway we love it and where not boys so if you think its for men your wrong!!!

how it start off
spartacus and his thrashian town make a deal with a romen dude and the romen dude goes back on his promise to cut it short spartacus is caught by the romens his wife sura is taken raped and sold by the romen dude he is senteced to die but survises the battle then he is brought by ludas owners lucritia and batiatus husband and wife, you love to hate them!!! they do so many wicked things batiatus tells spatacus if you become top gladiator i will find your wife and reunite yous. Other characters varro spartacuses friend inside the ludas,crixus spartacuses rival,usher batiutases henchmen,lifia romen dudes wife shes wicked just like him,navia lucritias main slave,mira the sex slave,dontes the dude that trains the gladiators
we have this on box set and love it its a really nice set it opens up like a bookRead full review...

Excellent

Not your father's Spartacus, but for those that enjoy this genre it goes into detail of life in Rome during these times at it's rise and certainly not for children. It shows people the women were as hard as thr men when it came yo the fights with the gladiators. It arrived early a big plus and the price was great. I highly recommend.Read full review...

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Fantastic... Epic... Brilliant...

Though brutal and bloody (to an extreme), I thought Spartacus was beautifully shot and wonderfully portrayed. I enjoy everything about it: the unexpected way it's filmed, the excellent cast, and the phenomenal graphics. It is dark and unapologetic with a great story. Whether the story told here is historically accurate or not, I don't know, but Spartacus: Blood and Sand is an inspiring tale about a man trapped in the most impossible situation with unbearable odds placed against him. He is determined and willing to fight to the death day after day to avenge the wrongs done to him and the wrongs done to his wife... If you cant stomach some pretty graphic violence, nudity, and language: beware, but I think the story makes it worth it... Very, very well done.Read full review...

Spartacus Blood snd Sand

Great story. Action filled with strong characters...best series ever!

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If you like nudity and blood - it's perfect

I've been a fan of Roman history since... forever.

Is the series historically accurate? I'm not sure, but I suspect it *might* have been. (We really haven't gotten into the 'revolt' yet.)

The bloody special effects may offend some viewers. I was fascinated and enjoyed them.

The scene where Spartacus was ordered to kill his friend struck me as quite believable for all the different sides. (And moved me to tears.) It was an excellent reminder of how Romans viewed their slaves... Expendable and replaceable. (Reminds me of GE with its employees.)

If you have the least interest in ancient Rome - and can take the blood and gore - I highly recommend the DVD.Read full review...

Like 300 but more T&A Too Bad Whitfield is out

Well, I have to say with a TV budget this series emulated the kind of battlescenes that played out in 300 pretty well. It is definitely made in that same style, very graphic, artistic and violent. The casting is excellent, story good with twists and turns and enough swordplay and sex to delight the most depraved among us. Sadly this series may be done before it is started with the lead man that plays Spartacus now dropped due to a recurring non Hodgekins Lymphoma cancer ailment. I wish him well and the series well, and hope that he can overcome his sickness like Micheal C. Hall did all while playing Dexter. I hope that Starz understands that he (Andy Whitfield) is part of the equation that made the whole thing work. If not the 6 part prequel may well be the last we see from this great series. So long season 2, we all wish that you would have been created.Read full review...

SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND WAS FIERCE!

I really love this series because it was so good! It had everything you want in a great movie: Great plots, great acting, great fight scenes, sex, costumes, lust, betrayal and nudity. This movie had it all. But more importantly, you saw this man who cared about his people, who was forced to do the right thing to try and save his people, his wife especially only to ends up as a slave and his wife Sura made to be a slave, too. And because of his wife and his love for her (his will so strong), he did everything to stay alive just to be with her again. And became the Great Spartacus. But being under the rule of Lucretia and Quintus Batiatus, who treat their slaves like toys for mere bargain and pleasure is more than any human being could bear. The Batiatus Family will do what ever it takes to gain wealth, favor and patronage with the upper class Romans. Crixus is the other noble gladiator who is Spartacus's rival and the lover of Lucretia but his heart belongs to someone else. I also liked Doctore, played by Peter Mensah. His character was very strong and noble. There is so much going on that you will have to see it. It's everything and more. I really loved Andy Whitfield who played Spartacus he did a great job and I was saddened by his passing. He did a wonderful job with his portrayal and he will be missed by his fans and those who knew him. I highly recommend this movie and tell everyone I know about. Yes, it's that good.Read full review...

Great movie.......not for the faint of heart. Has a good share of blood letting

Great acting and story line.