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- 2024
- TV-MA
- Peacock
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Peacock
Summary In ancient Rome, Emperor Vespasian (Anthony Hopkins), his son Titus (Tom Hughes), crime boss Tenax (Iwan Rheon), trader Cala (Sara Martins) ex-general Marsus (Rupert Penry-Jones) and patrician Antonia (Gabriella Pession) are some of the people at the gladiator games in the series inspired by the non-fiction book by Daniel Mannix of the s...
Created By: Robert Rodat
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Peacock
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Peacock
Those About To Die
Season 1 Premiere: Jul 18, 2024
49
3.6
Summary In ancient Rome, Emperor Vespasian (Anthony Hopkins), his son Titus (Tom Hughes), crime boss Tenax (Iwan Rheon), trader Cala (Sara Martins) ex-general Marsus (Rupert Penry-Jones) and patrician Antonia (Gabriella Pession) are some of the people at the gladiator games in the series inspired by the non-fiction book by Daniel Mannix of the s...
Created By: Robert Rodat
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
49
19% Positive
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4 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
29% Negative
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Its plot is an unceasing, at times disorienting, torrent of schemes and romances and betrayals, but as it progresses, the series achieves striking emotional depth in its study of violence, subjugation, and ambition.
Delivers intrigue, deception, and coliseum carnage with an enthusiasm that’s offset by its derivativeness.
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Great setting and good actors. Although not comparable to Gladiator as it is a series that deals with a completely different topic. The many storylines are brought to an end very well and the series is simply fun to watch. The costumes are very well done. The series is like a movie, i.e. very well made in terms of quality. The only thing that isn't perfect is the CGI. A little less was invested here. Of course there is a lot of criticism, but in today's world it's normal, so you should evaluate the series individually and not just listen to other people's opinions.
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Ultimately, Those About to Die is not really for those people whose Roman Empire is the Roman Empire. It is for people who want the ancient world, where the stakes of sex and violence were far lower than the present day, to give licence to something primal, something carnal, in them. Emmerich doesn’t do subtle, and so Those About to Die is suitably, viscerally, bold.
It's not the worst show to watch about chariot racers, gladiators, emperors, and the vicious Roman Empire, but one that's certainly inferior to the multiple classics the genre had to offer in the last few decades.
Those About to Die was largely directed by Roland Emmerich, and although it has some of the Moonfall and 2012 director’s trademark lunacy, there’s ultimately not nearly enough of that to provide consistent entertainment. As drama, it’s generally bad, but it’s sometimes fun-bad, which I say as somebody who really likes Emmerich in “fun-bad” mode.
“Those About to Die” isn’t a worthy successor to anything. It does just enough to pass as an expensive-looking knock-off (my god, wait ’til you see the opening credits) that Peacock can advertise in between Olympic relay races, but there’s no purpose under its shiny armor beyond another misconceived ploy for someone else’s power.
Peacock’s Roman epic Those About to Die is an overstuffed, underbaked slog that slumps when the action ends.
Too woke..I also miss the Emmerich-typical waving American flags and exaggerated patriotism.
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I loved Rome and whine constantly that it only got 2 seasons. Loved Gladiator, I Claudius, pretty much any ancient Rome stuff (I'll even admit that Spartacus had some fun moments), but this is horrible. I'd rather watch John Snow in Pompei again that watch any more episodes of this.
Couldn't help it. I watched more and while it only raised my score one more (that's for Anthony Hopkins and Iwan Rheon). The rest of this is terrible writing and even worse acting.
Acting, outside of 2 actors and you already know who those are, is abhorrent and amateurish (the one son of Hopkins looks like he's trying to shoot his about to explode eyes at you every time he talks). Too many characters. Productions values vary (looks like the costumes are okay and some of the sets), and most of the time are too dark to really see anything, and when you can, it's bad green screen. Plot is practically non-existent and comes off like a serious of YouTube shorts on Rome. I barely made it through episode one.
Kwame is laughably tiny. He's smaller than his sisters and mother, but he's a gladiator. I'd be afraid that a Roman street rat would kick his ass.
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God awful... AT EVERYTHING. Poor casting and unlikable characters, not a single character u can root for. Poor acting from all including random extras lol, only Hopkins is believable. Mediocre CGI and too much reliance on it. Didn't even wanna finish the first episode...
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Production Company:
- Centropolis Entertainment
- Street Entertainment
- Hollywood Gang Productions
- AGC Television
- Paramount Television Studios
- Peacock
- Scholastic Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Jul 18, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA