Gladiators

Rating: 7/10 (5 March 2002)

In Any Given Sunday I didn't see football players. I saw gladiators. Oliver Stone has a talent for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary and extremely interesting.
Some of my peers whined and complained because Any Given Sunday wasn't "footbally" enough. But its unique take on a common sport, and lack of realism, is what made it work for me. What would be the point in making another football movie? There are countless of them.
Mr. Stone, doing what Mr. Stone does best, took a different route, an unconventional route, and created what I feel is one of the best sports movies made. Its the only sports movie I've seen more than once.