Overrated movie lacking a good plot or action.

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2000)

Disappointing. A movie about Gladiators should have good action scenes, right? Well this one cuts away every time to some other shot like a dark sky and some guy raising a sword, then it flashes to something else. Endless snippets of almost-action yet no substance. I was very sad to see that the director couldn't russle up more than 2 action sequences that were any good (fire arrows and large melee w/chariots in the ring). Also the plot was lame, you knew EXACTLY what was going to happen from the first few minutes. Written by rote as they say. Also why on earth did it take two and a half hours?! Not to mention the lame and predictable ending. This is a renter at best IMO.