If you only see one movie this year...

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2000)

This is the best film I have seen this year. It generally takes an exciting prospect to get me out of my seat and down to my local cinema, and this film has that quality. When I first heard about the film, I was intrigued, especially when I heard Ridley Scott was to direct. Then people started talking about the remarkable special effects and fight sequences. I'd read some preview comments in the national press and that interested me more. I think what impressed me most about this film was not the prospect of Russell Crowe and friends in leather (however...), but the fact that there is no sex, no swearing, no gratuitous violence (apart from what is appropriate to the storyline). I thought the film was well-acted and not too far-fetched, quite believable in parts and very touching in certain scenes. I would go and see this film again (I probably will), and although I'll buy it when it's released on video, it's best enjoyed on the big screen. This film is an EPIC. Go and see it if you haven't already.