Top cast:Henry B. Walthall,Claire McDowell,Florence Geneva
Director:Owen Moore
Genre:Thriller
Region:Denmark
Year:2008
Storyline:He was worried that his battle powers would be minimized if news spread that the Sorceress had been kidnapped.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This film was a prequel to the entire series.It was thefirststand-alone feature and origin story, set about 20 years before the film trilogy.A second spinoff film of Marvel""s solo character (the Wolverine) was found inThe Wolverine (2013),directed by James Mangold.In the film""s calm but startling opening voice-over, a depressed, cynical, middle-aged, 42 year-old suburban father Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) briefly introduced himself, while foreshadowing his own death - he would be dead in less than a year:(voice-over) My name is Lester Burnham.]Armies of Slaves Performed Menial Work for the Corrupt Roman Republic:In the year 73 BC during the reign of the all-powerful, corrupt, stagnant and declining Roman Republic, the title character Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) was introduced as a life-long slave - a "proud, rebellious son" who was sold at age 13 to "living death" working under bondage in the Libyan mining pits located in the conquered Greek province of Thrace.