A Roman cat fight

The Arena (1974)

All the trademarks of a Roger Corman exploitation flick this time set in the ancient Rome and done by the Italian sexploitation maestro Joe D'Amato. The Roman people get bored of watching male gladiators beat themselves to death on the arena and want something new. Change the men to women and the people are happy again. Needless to say the story was crap as always. Same thing as in so many others of it's kind, enslavement and abuse with payback and escape in the end. On a D'Amato scale this was very tame, not what you'd expect from the master of sleaze. But on a Corman scale this was quite an average effort. Had enough of good laughs and feast for the eyes to keep me entertained, but far from the best of it's kind.
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