An amazing thriller full of love, deception and violence

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2011)

Gladiator is one of my favorite movies of all time because it has a very rich plot that leaves you on the edge of your seat through the entire movie, curious what is going to happen. The plot of this movie is not the only thing that makes this movie very intense and rich, the acting also contributed to this very realistic feel. I felt that the casting of the parts was done very well because there were very few if any actors who were weaker links. This is a movie of love, death, and deception and a sort of twisted plot in which a Roman general Maximus is betrayed and is enslaved as a gladiator. There are many intense battles throughout this movie that are very gory but still look very real. These battle scenes were very realistic and left me enthralled and it was hard for me to believe that I wasn't really in Rome as this battle was going on. Russell Crow's playing as Maximus was by far my favorite role because it seemed as if he was really feeling the emotions he would be feeling if he were really in the situations. I'm not going to give away anymore of the movie than that because I think that it is a movie that everyone should watch and find out for themselves because it is truly an amazing movie which I would recommend to anyone who doesn't mind a little blood and gore.