646f9e108c Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the favorite of mighty women, but has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage&#39;s historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love… The main attraction of &#39;Revak the Rebel&#39; is Jack Palance. Despite not all his films being great and he was no stranger to overacting in some of his oeuvre, he was on the whole an eminently watchable actor who also had some great performances under his belt and other films of his are very good to great.<br/><br/>&#39;Revak the Rebel&#39; is not one of those very good to great films. Palance has certainly done worse, like the &#39;Gor&#39; films, &#39;Che&#39; and &#39;God&#39;s Gun&#39; for examples. This said,wellbeing the main attraction into seeing it in the first place Palance is also the best thing about &#39;Revak the Rebel&#39;. He dominates the whole proceedings with such a charismatic presence and on top of having a suitable intensity he is fun to watch too.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a well made film too visually, handsomely mounted and costumed and sweepingly shot. The music score is suitably rousing and atmospheric. Some of the action is compellingly choreographed, especially the bloodthirsty climax, with parts that have a more violent than usual at the time nature that was quite daring back then and doesn&#39;t feel too tame now.<br/><br/>However, despite these merits, &#39;Revak the Rebel&#39; still isn&#39;t a particularly good film. Its biggest weak links are a weak script that is cardboard thin, constantly sounds awkward and goes well overboard on the silliness that keeping a straight face is impossible (huge problems for a film so heavy in talk), and a story that has very little to it which makes things drag badly and while the silliness and loopiness had an amusing element at first it quickly grew tiresome.<br/><br/>Direction is often too staid, likewise with some action-oriented scenes that lack tension and seem stiff. The dance sequence goes on for too long and feels like extraneous padding. The characters are not particularly interesting, and other than Palance the acting is a bad mix of bland and overdone.<br/><br/>On the whole, watchablea one-time watch but not an easy film to rate and not a particularly good one. 5/10 Bethany Cox This is a rip-roaring peplum adventure, with a real budget that stretches to ships, palaces, elephants, and fairly large-scale battle sequences that we don&#39;t normally get in lower-budgeted Italian adventure films from this period; the extra money may well be a result of the American interest behind the scenes in this film. Whatever the story behind the production, this is a well-made and thoroughly engaging peplum yarn which plays like a Mediterranean spin on SPARTACUS, with Jack Palance taking over from Kirk Douglasthe slave who leads an uprising.<br/><br/>Director Rudolph Mate made a fair few top-notch productions during this period and I&#39;m pleased to say that in REVAK, SLAVE OF CARTHAGE he presses all the right buttons. For a change we get a fairly fast-moving production in which the action keeps moving from castles to cities to ships to dungeons. Technically, the film is very well made with crisp photography and stirring music. The various fights and battle sequences are very well choreographed and highlights include the massive battle that closes the film (those spear throwers are damned good shots), the bit where Palance engages in a gladiator-style battle with a hulking opponent, plus the skirmishes between Palance and the guards that take place throughout the production. Things are pretty violent too for a film made in 1960,Palance nearly has his head crushed by an elephant&#39;s foot, an enemy has his neck impaled and spits blood, and one poor victim is made to drink a boiling broth and vomits blood immediately afterwards.<br/><br/>Palance is at the top of his gamethe hero and really gives it his all. It&#39;s wonderful to see hima good guy for a change and his athleticism and power is second to none; he convinces in his part throughout. He&#39;s supported by attractive Italian actresses and some dastardly villains who are pleasing macho, unlike the unconvincing wimps we&#39;re supposed to believe are leaders that we see in some of these productions. However, it&#39;s the extra touch of imagination that makes this film so enjoyable. While there are the usual flaws – a dancing scene padded out to the extreme, for instance – other scenes, like the bit with the boiling broth, add a touch of originality to the genre and make this one to track down.
Revak the Rebel is an old film set in Iberia in the days leading up to the outbreak of the Second Punic War. This is the story of an Iberian prince named Jack Palance whose nation and family are so abused by the Carthaginians. cbd oil Then he turns to the Romans for help in achieving his revenge.
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