great comeback of a classic genre

Rating: 9/10 (11 June 2000)

This movie has it all and Ridley Scott almost perfectly understood to put a genre back to life nobody dared to put on the big screen again. "Gladiator" is made for big screen and does perfectly fit into the world of classic heroes everybody is looking for when he is going to such a movie. "Gladiator" is also entertainment at it's best and thanks to Russell Crowe a movie that touches you a long time after seeing it. Good cast next to Crowe who really surprises everybody concerning his art of changing his roles so dramatically (e.g. "Insider"). Very nice Score by Hans Zimmer who did not choose for too much bombastic music but put some very harmonic songs in co-operation with Lisa Garland to it which makes it worth listening.