A marvellous comeback of the roman era movies

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2006)

Gladiator is an extraordinary classic film. Its one of those that will be watched and talked about 50 years from now. Maximus is a Roman general who is framed and betrayed. He ends up as a gladiator fighting in the great Colosseum. The whole story is about the fall and rise of the hero, an honourable man who is motivated by a thirst for revenge and a promise he once gave to the emperor. I remember when I was in school reading about the element of adventure in Greek plays. Adventure is : "the change from happiness to misery or the opposite". If this is right then this movie is one of the most adventurous movies ever made because it is based on this description. About the movie now, the acting was breathtaking by everyone, the directing was amazing giving the film a live, fast action character. The battle at the start of the film was exceptionally good in therms of realistic features, sound effects and especially music. Later on the graphics used to recreate the Colosseum were the greatest I had seen until that time.
Cannot be missed