What we do in life echoes in eternity

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2000)

Great epic story of Maximus Decimus Meridias, a grand Roman General of the Felix Regiment who decides to take revenge on the Emperor who kills his wife and son. In the movie, except for the first battle, he's almost always a Gladiator, having been taken a slave in Spain. Under the rule of Proximo, the greatest of all Gladiator trainers, Maximus, through the popularity as a great Gladiator, will have his revenge... I simply love this movie. The music, action, story, characters, costumes...everything. I found about 2 mistakes; one being a repeating crossbow which would come 500 years later, and the other a servant named CICERO. This movie will make you laugh, cry, and most of all excite you. A great treat for historians, I definitely recommend this movie to everyone.