Review: Empire 101 – 102
A mini-series on ABC, it tells the story of the Roman Empire shortly after Ceasar has been killed. It revolves around the heir of Julius, and the power struggle for a new ruler. And we have gladiators and horses and sand and sun, blabalablala.
The first episode tries to be a cheap Gladiator rip-off, and it fails miserable on all aspects. The acting is quite bad, as are the flimsy action scenes. The second episode is pretty much worse. There’s no depth in the characters, and the story telling is kinda boring. I guess the next $24 million are not spent on me (as $6 million has been the reported budget per episode).