The movie that sucked mightily!

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2000)

This has got to be one of the worst movies I've seen in a long, LONG time. I can't believe that the same Ridley Scott that gave us awesome movies like Alien and Blade Runner directed this dross. The movie is way too long, as this plot could have fit in a 60 minute after school special. Half of the movie consisted of sped-up battle scenes, in which guys hit each other with sticks while the camera operators shook the camera around so you couldn't tell how el-cheapo their special effects were. The other half of the film consisted of one of the characters talking to another one of the characters in very slow speech, with overly dramatic lighting and music finishing up the scene. I counted about three unique expressions coming from Maximus-he looked forlorn, then he looked depressed, then he looked....well, make that two unique expressions. The next time you want to go see a good Ridley Scott movie, rent Blade Runner and save yourself the trouble of having to sit through this mess.