now this is a masterpiece. there are only two seasons, but who needs more (this is not ER right?)
Rome is a historical tv drama about the roman empire in the caesar & brutus times. so the action factor is guaranteed.
beeing a HBO production and all, there are no issues with explicit content here, so the violence and sex scenes are all around the place. I think this is what makes the series so good, you really understand how it was like to live in those times, when you see the blood and the killings uncut. I mean, we all know that the roman empire was very advanced (republic, technology & co), but let's be serious, the gladiators were no football players :)
Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson star in this great tv series, and they are doing a wonderful job depicting two normal soldiers in the roman army, taking live and death decisions on a daily basis. the best thing is, the action is based on real events (it's of course sometimes dramatised), so what the characters are doing feels (frightening) real.
After I watched the whole thing, I felt the need to study roman history, to see if what happened in the show is true. especially the ceasar (plaed by a great Ciarán Hinds) death and the aftermath is quite mind blowing. James Purefoy
is very convincing in playing Mark Anthony, who trancends from a genius and powerful war general to a victim of his time, losing himself in intrigues, parties, affairs (of course with Cleopatra of Egypt)
so you really need to see this one. you will see your life with different eyes. :)
Links:
IMDb,
Amazon.com
