Thumbs up!

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2000)

Ridley Scott's recreation of the power and splendour of ancient Rome is awesome. You can almost smell the steaming streets and the blood in the arena. And sense the atmosphere of barbarity and cruelty that must have ruled in the real thing. Crowe's performance is awesome, too. It's a movie I look forward to seeing again. OK, so the story plays around with history a little. So what, it makes for great entertainment!