Plebs: Soldiers of Rome

I been waiting a long time for this and I'm glad to say it was worth the wait. It was first announced that Plebs would end in April 2020, but COVID delays slowed production of the planned finale. It means the last episode of season five aired more than three years ago.

The four main characters and landlord are back ITVX had a few new shows on it's release, but this was the first on my watch list. This is British comedy at it's best in my opinion.

The original suggestion was this was to be a film length but just over a hour 30 minutes duration with a lot of getting into trouble and out of it followed a Normal 30 minute episode, I don't think it would be every ones taste, I'm guessing the humour wouldn't be understood and the moral in the story would be lost.

We liked the 5 series and were looking forward to the film. Plebs was a homage to carry on films and Up Pompeii and being of a certain age that added to the pleasure. However the film is poor . It has lost all its charm and even the opening music which was great. It just wasn't funny and yet another example of producers not bothering as they knew that the fan base would watch it. Also the series 30 mins episodes were perfect. To get 10 out of 10 the film would have had to be an all time classic. I don't understand those scores. It was fun to watch the series but this film is way way below the series.

I was surprised that plebs got a movie. And I am so happy they did as this is the ending us fans were looking for. Jason, marcus and grumio are back once again. Marcus has his 30th birthday coming up and does not know what to do with this milestone. Grumio is eating as always and jason comes up with a plan to bag him some woman, that being them enterting as roman soliders, but little do they know that they soon will have to soon actually fight. Theres a lot of fun just like in the show, and grimios antics especially always make me laugh. It translated to movie really well and it was overall a fun thing to watch. A nice but sad in a way ending.

Great ending to a very funny series, you can see they have spent a lot of money , on the production, Being made into a feature length Film was a great idea!

You can see the team who made this, have been watching other Roman themes movies.... The Characters have more lines which makes them more interesting & you do end up feeling for them when things get Difficult in the storyline.

The adult jokes are still there & work really well with the story. Strong female characters.

And of course the soundtrack is Ace, great reggae tunes.

Please think about making more , as we certainly need something to laugh about .

A solid conclusion to Plebs, nicely rounding off the adventures of three lovable losers in Ancient Rome.

Marcus, Grumio and Jason enlist in the military with hopes of an easy ride, societal perks, and most importantly, no conflict. Of course, this is short lived as they are marched to the north of Europe to battle Barbarians. Naturally, the uptight Marcus does not assimilate well, unlike his slave and conflicted friend. After a farce in the face of conflict, the trio look to survive long enough to return home.

Most likely to capture attention of those who watched the series, the comedy here does not stray away from the fan-favourite incredulity of Marcus in response to the dozy idiocy of Grumio, supported by the positive womanising of Jason. It stays true to it's series-long approach and values, and moves at a great pace, keeping a simple plot interesting throughout. An easy watch, and a great sendoff for the trio of Plebs.