Fantastic special effects, but...

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2002)

"Gladiator" is really a good film, we all know it...but I'm from Italy, i have studied Roman History at school and I don't think the plot is realistic...Russell Crowe wants to fight against the emperor, who goes down on the ground of Colosseum and accepts to have a duel...well, spectacular, fantastic...that's a pity however that emperors used gladiators as slaves and the only gladiator who wanted to fight against the emperor (his name was Spartacus..maybe someone knows him!) was killed in a cruel way...why accepting that duel so? why going down in the arena? Spectacular choice, but a little fantastic and anti-historical!