His father murdered, his mother exiled, the boy Nero, caught up in political machinations beyond his control, is sent to live on a farm as a slave. So begins this second entry in the "Imperium" series. If you saw the first installment, Augustus, but have yet to see Nero you may have some questions about the historical accuracy of this installment. All is covered in this review, up now at Mise-en-scene Crypt.

Should the above links fail to work the Nero review is also accessible via the Mise-en-scene Crypt archive blog here.

Has anyone seen this? What did you think?

Interesting cast... John Simm, Ian Richardson, Simon Andreu. Never heard of it before, though.

These films came out straight-to-DVD in the U.S.

Released straight to DVD yet I don't recall ever seeing them anywhere until I stumbled on them at Big Lots (for three dollars), which probably says more about these "movies" than either of my reviews. :D

The other odd thing about these releases is the lack of info online. These were multi-national productions designed as mini-series so you'd think lots of people had the opportunity to see them. Sciffy original movies have more comments/reviews than these do.