Could have been an hour shorter!

Rating: 4/10 (4 June 2000)

Wow, this is when you wish you could rent just the highlights of the movies... Most of the action scenes were really cool even though not entirely original, but the story was boring. The movie had nothing important to say, so I don't understand why we were forced to sit and watch many endless dialogue scenes that led nowhere while we waited for Maximus to kill someone else. Best part of the movie was the opening battle where there was real "setting up the mood" scenes to delay us from seeing a visually enticing battle. The only action scene I didn't like was where he fought the fat guy with the tigers... OK let me explain! Maximus killed about 8 guys in 20 seconds in one the earlier matches with incredible speed and skill.. but when he fights this overweight, slow, old pushover Maximus was moving as slow as molasses.. and no one could just shrug off a tiger that has jumped on your back!!
By the last few blows I was ready to move on but then I realized what I was moving on to.. MORE BORING DIALOGUE THAT LEADS NOWHERE! I gave it a 5 out of 10 and I think that's generous!