Review of Sodom and Gomorrah

The first hour is rather dull, probably because it focuses more on the righteous Hebrews than the fun-loving Sodom and Gomorrah folks; but then the film hits its stride, with a series of spectacular sequences: the battle of the Hebrews with a nomadic tribe (almost rivaling the battle scenes in "Spartacus"), the water dam break, the slave revolt, the long one-on-one fight between Stewart Granger and Stanley Baker, and of course the destruction of the cities by the hand of God. Even Robert Aldrich's direction becomes more dynamic. Of course the censorship of the times restricts what can actually be shown on the screen, and what is shown barely justifies the infamy of the title cities, but there are some mildly kinky moments, mostly courtesy of Stanley Baker, who suggestively bites the finger of his sister and asks Podesta "Do I remind you of your father?" while he's kissing her. *** out of 4.