Gladiator - The next generation of films

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2000)

This film will leave you stunned - It has an epic story-line, it has some really gruesome violence during the gladiator scenes (how can it really be classed as a 15?)and the portrayal of the characters, especially Caesar Commodus (he really does make your flesh crawl!)...
It's akin to The Matrix and Phantom Menace because it uses massive amounts computer graphics to show the audience things that are impossible to recreate in real life. If Oliver Reed really was dead part way through filming, and his face really was digitally recreated, actors better beware, because it's impossible to know which bits are real Ollie Reed and which bits aren't.
Hail Gladiator!