A "tuff," insignificant movie with hardcore Crowe

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2000)

GLADIATOR is more or less, a "tuff" movie. It's an excuse to showcase some brutal violence, as well as to showcase a knock-out performance by that one guy who broke up Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan for a little while. Oh yeah, that's Russell Crowe. That guy is "tuff!" Every scene he's in, he finds a new way to show the audience that he's a hard-ass. It's really funny when I think about it. That I'm writing the 1128th review for a movie that's as harmless as the latest installment in the LAND BEFORE TIME video series. This movie should not be the topic of debate. It matters so little. It's a neat, "epic," dumb action movie. How many of these do we see a year? This one just happened to have Russell Crowe. God, that guy's "tuff!"