Most powerful movie of the year

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2000)

That Ridley Scott is to be regarded as one of the world's most important and best director (as I always felt despite the lack of power and art in his last efforts), was just proven by the grand-scale drama he directed on GLADIATOR. This is a great movie, mixing high-octane action with deep emotions, striking visuals, wonderful performances and a story that's involving and credible. Despite some freedom to historical fact it is as realistic as any movie ever can hope to achieve. Since I'm not going to give away any insight into the story or character (you should find out about these things by yourself), I'm just going to say: Shakespeare would have loved it, because it's probably the best drama he had never written...