There are a lot of teenagers, really old men and/or Cecily Fay fans giving this high marks that are undeserved. So what you want to know first.
The monotoned narrator is Amanda Donohoe. (No, it is not Xena.)
The film quality is not good. It says released in 2001 but the film is 80's or, at best, 90's quality.
There are no naked or even mostly unclothed women, unless one considers a short skirt and tank top mostly unclothed.
Cecily Fay does not disrobe or fight. In truth Cecily Fay, sadly, has no chance to show what she can do in a fight. ...big mistake by filmmaker.
There are no gladiator or "gladiatrix" fight scenes. The few cuts of sparring are so badly done that the people are practically blotches.
The "gladiatrix" itself is a term that did not appear until at least the 4th century(AD) so was never used by Romans to refer to anyone fighting in an arena. Why should they have a word for something that occurred so rarely, unimportantly or as such a non-event that they did not even write about it?
While I certainly believe the bloodlust of Romans and even conquered people was such that women were in the arenas, this film makes a whole lot about nothing using if, and, maybe, possibly, supposition and misinterpretation at a whole new level.
I have the distinct feeling that this was somebody's dream so they got a bunch of people together who could give remarks that might possibly make the dream a reality.
I am not convinced.
I can't imagine how any thinking person could be.
If you do not believe me, go ahead waste you time.
