Those About to Die tv series

"It’s entertaining, but not unforgettably so. Despite being executed at a high level and being the first streaming drama of its kind, it’s actually pretty unambitious. It’s satisfied being a competent revisitation of something that’s been done before" 

"The little good provided by Those About to Die does nothing to make it worth watching, but it will certainly make its way to the annals of TikTok in the form of contextless 90-second clips" 

"The gladiator combat and chariot races are great, but they’re just one fraction of an overstuffed series that tries too hard to cover every aspect of life in Rome during the early days of The Colosseum" 

"'Those About to Di may have cost a pretty penny to make, but all we’re left with is cheap thrills." 

"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." 

"Lion fights, chariot races, and backroom politics – 'Those About to Die' checks a lot of boxes, and does so with more artistic gravity than similarly shallow projects" 

"'Those About To Die' is too muddled, with too many characters"