Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Julius Caesar.
Venit, vidi, mediocrem putavi Carry On Cleo's reputation proceeds it somewhat and that might have played into my expectations. In it's totality, I can say it isn't for me, but it had some aspects that I admire. For those who aren't aware, this Carry On film is sort of parodying the infamous flop Cleopatra. As such Carry On Cleo focuses on Mark Anthony trying to woo Cleopatra, although with some kidnapped Brits on an adventure, sort of like Ian Chesterton in Doctor Who: The Romans. Speaking of Doctor Who, this is obviously the opportune moment to bring up that Jon Pertwee is in this as a soothsayer. He is magnificent of course, over the top in just the right way. Tangent aside, I think my lack of enthusiasm for this film revolves around how forced I felt some of the comedic material is and how repetitive it felt. In terms of it feeling forced, I'm mainly focusing on everything involving the British. I don't expect historical accuracy from a Carry On film, but depicting the B
