Pretty good

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2000)

It was a pretty damn good movie, but they could have made it great. Some of the action sequences were sped up, which took away from the coolness of it. Also, some of the dialogue was quite bad, which decreased the value some as well. Plus, the villain, Commodus, did not strike any sort of fear in me at all, or at the very least, respect. Last time I checked, the villains (esp. of movies such as this) were supposed to strike terror in people's hearts, but all this guy does is whine incessantly like a little girl, and I don't know about you, but little girls don't scare me. However, even with all these faults, the movie is still quite good and I'd recommend seeing it. However, if you want a superior epic movie, see Braveheart.