Product Details

• Actors: Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufman
• Directors: Mario Bonnard
• Format: Color, DVD, Full length, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English, Italian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 1999
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009MEEN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,961 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Last Days of Pompeii" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Traitors in the royal house of Pompeii try to frame innocent Christians for recent robberies and murder. Steve Reeves must avenge his father's death while trying to keep himself and the Christians out of the coliseum . . .and the jaws of hungry lions! With all the upheaval, no one notices the looming volcano which is about to destroy Pompeii itself. Includes the 1913 silent version as a DVD bonus.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DISGRACEFUL DVD release of a classic film. AVOID!!, February 24, 2004

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Vorthog (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Days of Pompeii (DVD)

As a big fan of the Sword'n'Sandal genre I had really been looking forward to owning this movie, as I had seen it rated by many people as being THE best movie of this type.

Well first of all, I was extremely upset to find that this is yet another case of a lush, beautiful late 50s/early 60s period piece super-duper deluxe WIDE SCREEN movie being released in an el-cheapo panned and scanned FULL SCREEN version. In this movie's case, the vista must have been extra-wide, because it seems that at least 1/2 of the picture is missing at all times. Thus I found it IMPOSSIBLE to enjoy a viewing of this DVD. Not only that, but the print of the movie used is in extremely faded and poor condition.

This DVD boasts that as a bonus it also contains the full 1913 silent version. The print of the 1913 movie is in equally abysmal shape.

As for the movie itself, although it is very highly rated by many people, I personally did not enjoy it as much as Reeves' other flicks. The story centres around some oh so goody two-shoes Christians in Pompeii who are being persecuted by the oh so evil, underhanded and two-timing head priest of the local heathen-god worshipping temple and his equally heathen and Godless henchmen. I guess if you're a hard-core Christian you may enjoy it, but I found myself gritting my teeth at times at the utterly preachy plot.

It should be mentioned that this story was also made into a TV mini-series in 1984, and although it shared the same stilted plot with this movie, I found that it was still much more entertaining, enjoyable and watchable than this rather plodding and dated version. If the 1984 mini-series were to come out on DVD (hint, hint, DVD making people out there) --remastered and the FULL uncut mini-series that is--, I would be interested in owning it, what with its high production values and good actors.

As for this movie, if you're a Steve Reeves fan or a fan of 50s/60s Italian Sword'n'Sandal flicks you will probably still like it, but I would recommend waiting till a better DVD version is made. The lazy people who put out this present horrible version do not deserve to get another penny of anyone else's money.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor transfer, darn it., December 18, 2006

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R. Gorey "Behemoth" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Days of Pompeii (DVD)

Wel, let's agree that the 1935 version, with effects by Willis O'Brien, is the one to see. But fans of Steve Reeves should enjoy this entertaining rehash, with modest but effective destruction scenes. Too bad nobody has given Reeves work the attention and restoration it deserves: the films are not presented in widescreen, and the prints are really terrible: washed out and filled with scratches and other imperfections. Wouldn't it be nice to see these Italian-made historical dramas cleaned up and restored? They're Reeves most lasting legacy, and it's sad to see them so poorly treated.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WIDESCREEN POMPEII, November 22, 2006

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Paul Scott (CENTRAL COAST,, N.S.W. Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Days of Pompeii (DVD)

You can get a Widescreen Beautiful quality copy from Amazon France.

Just type in the name in English.

Avoid the U>S>A> Release.

Its in English & French with a Doco though this is in French only

They also have Samson in Widescreen though this is French only

SAMSON is now available from Sinister Cinema in the same top notch print in FULL WIDESCREEN & English Dubbed

Both DVD.s are quite cheap. 5 Stars for this one

Rock on brothers Paul