One-Line Review: Gladiator (7 Stars)

Rating: 7/10 (31 August 2018)

I watched the extended version of Ridley Scott's Gladiator, and despite my low interest on films related to Medieval era, I was simply mesmerized by its sheer magnitude, its energy, and the protagonist's (Russel Crowe) audacity to fight back in the face of failure, all of which could only be topped by the almost perfect casting of Joaquin Phoenix, his eyes, and his incredible performance as the brutal and henpecked emperor of the falling Roman empire. TN.