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<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="592" height="1%" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="99%">    <p>Ancient Rome is under siege by the Etruscans, so Roman hero Muzio (Gordon Scott) decides to kill Etruscan king Porsenna (Roldano Lupi) - but fails and is captured by the Etruscans instead. When he is threatened with torture though, he intentionally burns his right arm just to prove how tough he is. Porsenna is impressed by the man and asks him for a conversation face-to-face, during which the two men are able to broker a truce and get peace talks on the way - much to the dismay of Tarquinio (Massimo Serato), Rome's ousted tyrant who tries to use the Etruscans to come back to power. And using his influence on Tarquinio's son Arunte (Gabriele Antonini), Tarquinio makes the Etruscans take some Roman hostages - among them Muzio's fiancée and his ex Clelia (Gabriella Pallotta) - as security for the peace talks, without the knowledge of Porsenna. Porsenna and son soon see through Tarquinio's web of perception and intrigue, but alas too late, as Tarquinio has already taken over Porsenna's army, and while Porsenna is made his captive, Arunte is able to flee to Rome and hook up with Muzio. Muzio though seems to have lost his fighting spirit when he burnt his hand after his failed attempt to kill Porsenna - but Arunte manages to reinstall that spirit and teach Muzio how to use his left hand - and in the end, the Roman troupes of course go against the Etruscan ones, Porsenna is soon freed and he and his son manage to get several Etruscan troupes to switch sides ... and in the end, it all amounts to a duel between Muzio and Tarquinio, who still holds Clelia hostage. Guess who wins!<p> <p>Your typical Italian sword and sandal flick (or peplum), too cheaply made to really impress, featuring a cast of mediocre actors plus one muscleman (Gordon Scott), and based on a script that's too simplistic to really be taken seriously. Actually, only the final battle, that shows to large armes clash in many wide range shots is kind of impressive, the rest is at best ok entertainment, but one can't shake the feeling to have seen everything elsewhere before, and better, too. <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="1%">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2009"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>