Emotional, exciting and exceptionally well made.

Rating: 10/10 (26 October 2008)

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Review:
Galdiator is considered by many to be one of th best films to have ever been put to screen and i couldn't disagree a slight bit. The dialogue is poetic and captivating. Crowe gives audiences a taste of his power that is both thrilling and emotional.
The opening battle scene, visceral, blood-filled and rough, set the tone for the rest of the movie. Hand to hand combat, a deluge of catapults firing huge fire-filled rocks at surrounding trees and chaos screeching rapidly whilst men are slaughtered brutally to the ground. Scott puts us right in the thick of battle. He doesn't want the audience to feel left out or downed by not seeing enough, so he shows us everything, from Arms to legs and even heads being mutilated right in front of your eyes.
This sequence is one of the many gruelling epic battle sets to follow that punctuate the story of the main character.
The plot is fast and thickened to maximum quality. Scott layers the plot so thick that it will be hard not to like. The genius of the editing makes the story and action fast and flowing without leaving anything out.
The ensemble cast includes Oliver Reed, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris and Djimon Hounsou who all provide as much granger and stability as Crowe in the lead role.
Verdict:
Gladiator is a must-see classic that swells up bold moves by recreating the lost sword and sandal epics that had previously been failing for the past 30 years. But Gladiator hit's not only a revisionary insight into the power of a sword and sandal epic but delivers an emotional impact with it's story and character.