Plenty of Action & Excitement

Rating: 10/10 (12 March 2005)

The " Gladiator" did not sound like a film that I would enjoy, however, this film was full of action scenes and great photography. Russell Crowe(Maximus),"Proof of Life",2000, played an excellent role as the General of the Roman Army and the battle scenes and weapons used in those early A.D. ages was extremely well done. Maximus was well loved by the Roman soldiers as well as Ceasar. Connie Nielsen,(Lucilla),"Basic",'03, was the daughter of Ceasar and was a former lover of Maximus. There are a great deal of twists and turns in this story concerning Maximus and he eventually has the great task of fighting among Gladiators. There are great tones hinting about possible incest between a sister and her brother and very little romance. However, this film will take you way back in History and show in great detail war tactics from the past.