"The Colossus of Rhodes" is one more of the 50's and early 60's sword and sandals fever and it doesn't add much to the genre.
I accept some scenery and settings are acceptable (the big statue is one of them) and also the plot if you are not very demanding. But that's about all.
Rory Calhoun looks like an alien in his role as the Greek hero and doesn't fit at all there (his hairdo is unthinkable in ancient Greece). The rest of the cast is definitely standard or poor. The action scenes are nothing new and the special effects are just correct.
But perhaps the main flaw of the picture is its unbearable duration (more than two hours); but this is a usual bad habit of director Sergio Leone who went on to better products in the western genre also demerited by a clear and unnecessary overrun that he couldn't seem to avoid.
"The Colossus of Rhodes" is just for peplum fans and very patient ones too.
I accept some scenery and settings are acceptable (the big statue is one of them) and also the plot if you are not very demanding. But that's about all.
Rory Calhoun looks like an alien in his role as the Greek hero and doesn't fit at all there (his hairdo is unthinkable in ancient Greece). The rest of the cast is definitely standard or poor. The action scenes are nothing new and the special effects are just correct.
But perhaps the main flaw of the picture is its unbearable duration (more than two hours); but this is a usual bad habit of director Sergio Leone who went on to better products in the western genre also demerited by a clear and unnecessary overrun that he couldn't seem to avoid.
"The Colossus of Rhodes" is just for peplum fans and very patient ones too.