The general who became a slave, the slave who became a gladiator ,the gladiator who defied an empire.

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2006)

After coming out victorious against a barbarian army in a battle that had lasted several years General Maximus Decimus Meridius(Russel Crowe) is summoned to the emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) who chooses him as the future heir to succeed him over his only son.When his power hungry son Commodus (Joquain Phoenix) finds out he orders Maximus to be executed. When Maximus escapes the execution he flees home to Spain but is too late his wife and his son have been killed and his house and property burnt to the ground by Roman generals ordered by the new emperor (commodus).
Maximus is captured and sold as a slave in Carthage to a wealthy man Proximo and is ordered to fight as a gladiator.As his love by the crowd rises he's brought to Rome to fight at the Colleseum.For the entertainment of the new emperor.
Maximus comes to Rome and begins to seek revenge for his family's murders.
This is an excellent movie with a great soundtrack,excellent acting,magnificent direction by Ridley Scott and amazing special effects.This one of my favourite movies of all time and if Peter Jacksons movies and George Lucas' had not come along i would be saying that this is probably the best of the 21st century so far.
Go watch this masterpiece of a movie one of the best of its kind.
10/10