Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

ma-cortes 'Vercingetorix (2001)' or Druids by Jacques Dorffman is a so-so recounting about Caesar and Vercingetorix , it boasts a nice cast with Chistopher Lambert , Ines Sastre and Klaus Maria Brandauer . This is an inferior Sword and Sandals tale and a standard film from the 2000s . It's made middling scale with some spectacular battles and in Peplum style .Young Vercingetorix (Chistopher Lambert) came of age in 60 B.C., as soldiers of the Roman Empire ran roughshod over Gaul and his brave father was imprisoned and fired alive by Romans , then he seeks vendetta , as every battle needs a hero . A wise and philosophical druid called Guttuart (Max Von Sidow) , tells the avenger Vercingetorix that he should seek peace , justice and vengeance by winning freedom for Gaul from the Romans. It concerns about angry Vercingetorix and conqueror Julius Caesar and their famous existence on Gaul , including feats , fights , political events , betrayal , wars and lover (Ines Sastre) . Vercingetorix provokes a general rebellion against Roman domination , he rallies his people and tribes when they are threatened by an army commanded by Julius Caesar (Klaus Maria Brandauer) , as an entire nation's destiny lies in the hands of one man. His people made hima leader, the empire made him a renegade , history made him a hero.Although the deeds described are historically inaccurate , some events are vivid and authentic . The action is regularly done with middling interpretations and the story occasionally drags for an uneven script by Rospo Pallenberg who previously wrote Excalibur , however to be liked for Christopher Lambert fans . The picture is partially based on real events . These are the followings : Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (dead at 46 b.c) was an insightful and heroic warrior , whose valiant father was captured and executed by Romans , he was leader a massive rebellion against Roman domination . He seeks peace ,order , justice and victory by winning freedom for Gaul from the invaders Romans , and soon he raises an army of his own to defeat Julius Caesar , but in time Vercingetorix is betrayed by a great leader and he joins a powerful army to vanquish Caesar and bring Guttuart's prophesy to life. Vercingetorix was definitely defeated in Alesia , where took place a long siege . He was taken prisoner and led to Rome . Then he's coerced to a handcuffed parade throughout the Rome streets , being killed after six years in prison . Later on , Caesar, married Calpurnia, and is appointed Consul for life and then he crossed river Rubicon . His history is written by Julius Caesar himsef in 'Comments about War of Gaul' or 'De Bello Galico', also he wrote in brilliant and elegant style 'Comments about Civil War' or 'De Bello Civili'. The film contains a colorful cinematography by Stefan Ivanov and Plamen Somov , shot in Bulgaria, Sofia . And atmospheric and evocative musical score by Pierre Charvet. The motion picture was regularly directed by Jacques Dorfmann and shot both in English and French . He's a good writer and especially producer as ¨Quest of fire ¨ , ¨Bethune¨, ¨ Shock treatment ¨ , ¨ Army of Shadows ¨, and occasionally director as ¨Vercingetorix¨ and ¨Shadow of the wolf¨. Other adaptations about Vercingetorix and Caesar are the followings : Vercingetorix (2004) TV by Uli Edel with Jeremy Sisto as Caesar and Heino Ferch as Vercingetorix . ¨Julius Caesar conqueror of Gaul¨ by Americo Anton with Cameron Mitchell, Rick Battaglia , Raffaella Carra , Carlo Tamberlani . Furthermore , known Shakespearian renditions as 'Julius Caesar (1953)' by Joseph L Mankiewicz with Louis Calhern as Caesar and Marlon Brando as Marcus Antonius and " Julius Caesar" a Stuart Burgue version (1970) starred by Charlton Heston , Diana Rigg .

jamesgandrew Vercingetorix seeks revenge over the death of his father and also pursues to overthrow Julius Caesar after he has been betrayed.Druids is a horribly boring and dull "direct to video" movie from the early 2000s. It stars Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Greystoke) in the lead and I presume he was willing to do anything after those horrendous Highlander sequels. The film has a budget of $15 million but you would swear it was less than the thousands because everything in this film looks like garbage. There's one battle sequence where you can clearly see umbrellas and crew members hanging about under a castle. What will strike you in this movie is the lack of any continuity or coherence in the storytelling. Characters end up in places all of a sudden, confusing the audience. Christopher Lambert's wig also constantly changes and he also manages to grow a moustache half way through the movie for no rhyme or reason.What's most painful is the film goes for roughly two hours! So, it's even hard to enjoy this as a guilty pleasure. It's so bad it's bad.

drystyx Just saw this film, and came here to do a review on an epic style film with some pretty good historical accuracy, certainly more than most films about historical characters. Here, we are given an account of Julius Caesar's excursion into Gaul. Of course this is 60 BC, so we don't know if French men all sounded like Maurice Chevalier.Nothing should surprise a person on the world wide web, and certainly nothing on IMDb should shock a person, but the ridiculous reviews that abound here are embarrassments to the people who wrote them.This epic film worked on all levels. I am not easily entertained. Yet this smacked of old style epic directing, of de Mille, Lean, Ford, and others who knew how to sustain an audience's interest, who made films for the audience instead of insisting the audience be made for the film.The film was well structured, full of action and drama, full of interesting characters. In fact, this is probably the most realistic looking representation of a couple of specific historical characters I have seen in film. To say more would be a spoiler.The film had a few flaws. The child who plays the young hero is very wooden, and sounds like he is reading words. A few lines look contrived, particularly early. There is no real comic relief.But the film flows very well, and has epic proportions. It is undeniably more entertaining than 90% of movies made after 1965. The characters seem alive and believable.Of the famous modern directors, only Verhoeven and Jackson can rival this one with keeping an audience interested. They would have known the value of comic relief, too.Now, for the real kicker. The ridiculous pans of this film that flood this site are a total humiliation for IMDb. This is an very good film. The low ratings make IMDb lose what little credibility it has.And it reveals what we already know. That the main trouble with IMDb is that it is not representative of intelligent critics or of the populace. The fact is that IMDb, by its nature, is a site for many in the Entertainment business, and their relatives.What we see here is "sour grapes". Some one in the cast or crew really got under the skin of a few people. And honestly, we do see proof to any rational mind that most of these "pan" reviews were written by one or two people with multiple fake user names.How do we know? Because this film makes two mistakes in getting good reviews. First, it alienates the control freak. This is not a "control freak's" film. The control freak characters come across as control freaks. Look at IMDb's top 250, at the top 10. Most of them glorify and mollycoddle control freaks.Don't underestimate the psychotic persistence of the control freaks. It's unfortunate that "mature" oriented films with "mature" and credible characters have to deal with this ridiculous rabid obsession of morons.The other major reason for unprovoked poor reviews is that the film is very risk taking and iconoclastic. To say more is to be a spoiler again. Low ratings from the "sheep" of the world is inevitable for risk taking film makers.The low ratings bespeak of IMDb users with severe psychotic conditions.This is a very good film.

ntsci Its not a great film, but its one of the most historically accurate films about ancient wars I've seen. The incident is right out of Ceasars wars and it is one of the greatest military victories of all time.Vercingetorix's deserves recognition for his heroic actions. But how do you make a heroic last stand that failed completely into a decent movie. With the 300 Spartans or the Alamo, you can say the defeat lead to ultimate victory, but for Gaul, Vercingetorix's defeat meant the end of Gaul's independence. So how do you do a bio pic of Vercingetorix; a man who was heroic, and noble, but defeated.In the film Vercingetorix sets himself up as bait to a trap, but then becomes the victim of the trap and the bait for the entire Gaulic nation to kill itself against Roman fortifications. There is a moment when you realize that Vercingetorix's strategy could work, but is doomed to fail because he cannot co-ordinate the army outside of the town from inside a besieged town -- if only. Vercingetorix with one large Gaul army inside a town and they are running out of food. There is another Gaul army on the outside. Together they outnumber the Romans several times (4 to 1 perhaps, Ceasar claimed the odds were even worse, for him). But the Romans have built an double encirclement where they are simultaneously besieging Vercingetorix and being besieged by another Gaul army. Rome wins and the Gaul capitulate. Just watching the respective strategies makes the film worth watching. No other army but a Roman army could have pulled off such a victory.I think a lot of the problems people have with the film have to do with dreariness of the ending. I felt genuinely sad at Vercingetorix's failure to accomplish anything. I was wishing there was a secret passageway where the Gauls could have escaped, but alas, they were doomed. Even if they had won, Rome would have been back... and Rome typically punished countries that defeated legions very severely.But I enjoyed it, and I'd watch it again.