One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Fantastic!

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

THE DACIANS is a well-mounted late-stage peplum movie made in Romania, of all places. It has a surprisingly handsome budget and plenty of action to see the plot through. The story has the Romans playing the antagonists and the Dacians the heroes of the hour, trying to defend their kingdom against superior forces. Although there are no token names in the cast, the quality of the action speaks for itself here. There are hundreds of extras and some excellent epic-feeling action set-pieces, with a siege taking pride of place. This is a little-known film that nonetheless holds its own against the bigger-budgeted Italian epics.

surprising is a strange word for define it.but it is the reasonable one. because, it is part of a political context and it has the art to escape from it. because it gives a clear and almost touching picture of life style, laws and roots of a lost word with admirable historical accuracy. because it has the right actors and the performance of Amza Pellea is real admirable. a film about a clash, between an empire and a kingdom . and the levels of a civilization who escapes from idyllic formulas. "Dacii" remains surprising because it crashes the expectations. it is not exactly a propaganda tool and it is not a demonstration of party vision. maybe, it could be perceived as a good history lesson. in fact, a film about a land and his people.

Nicolaecu's movie is one of the greatest Romanian films ever made. The leading role of the king belongs to Amza Pellea, who wonderfully combines the force of the ancestors and the art of giving life to such a character. The genuine landscapes bring the viewer into a prodigious world of mystery and ancient beliefs which are now violently invaded by the roman conquerors. The co-production benefits not only from the performance of the actors, the settings or the daring achievement in directing of Nicolaescu, but also from the unique, yet true story. This is what i call a good movie, but this is the comment of a novice in matters of movie critics. For those who enjoy spending precious time on movies, this is worth watching.

This is really a very impressive movie, one of my favourites. And what is its major advantage? It's a deep and natural empathy for the ancient past without any need to add some artifical tricks. Music score perfectly matches with all scenes. Landscape views with marching or fighting legions are superb. Unfortunately, at least VHS record is very hard to find and DVD doesn't exist so far. There should be no doubts that this movie, as well as some other similar releases, deserve a better international recognition of fans and connoisseurs.