Too much

Rating: 5/10 (6 May 2000)

What was Ridley Scott thinking? Gladiator is too long and the script tried to be too many things for too many people. Use one of those swords to whack off about two-thirds of the Commodus- is-a-really-smarmy-guy scenes and you've got something there. Russell Crowe was outstanding and the soldier who just wants to go home storyline was pleasing. Somehow, though, this one left me thinking Rambo with togos.