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I really wanted to like Spartacus: House of Ashur more than I did, but it's all too gratuitous and gauche for my liking. Sure, cutting off body parts can be spectacular, but is there anything more to give?
Pros
- It's absolutely barbaric
- Memorable action scenes
- Tenika Davis and Claudia Black are standouts
- Lucy Lawless returns!
Cons
- It's absolutely barbaric
- Difficult to keep up with if you don't know your history/show lore
- Female characters are... iffy, at best
- Heavy-handed in its delivery
- Questionable production
- Very little going on beneath the surface
- Gratuitous to the max
