When in Rome...

Rating: 9/10 (8 May 2000)

This film reaches some fantastic heights here are my personal highlights:
1. When Maximus(Russell Crowe) reveals himself to Commodus(Joaquin Phoenix) after his first victory in the colosseum.
2. The battle in the colosseum: Maximus versus the undefeated gladiator and the lions.
3. The final duel in the colosseum. This was not a long duel, and was represented realistically. An untrained Emperor versus a highly experienced wounded Maximus.
4. ...and any other battle scene in between.
Gladiator looks good, sounds good, and really lifts you, that is you want to be Maximus and avenge the wrongs which have been dealt upon you. A classic good versus evil story.