Nothing new, but entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2000)

If you've seen any of the old Roman Empire movies, then you won't see anything too original here. At times you can almost predict what's going to happen next. The battle scenes were exciting, but I guess it's now a cinema law that you have to incorporate the sped up Saving Private Ryan style. Good acting. Nice touches here and there. But the end is a little bit of a let down. (SPOILER ALERT) Here this guy is up against incredible odds. You figure he'll have to have a huge war with the Roman army. But oh no. This movie takes the easy way out by saying "O.K. To win, all you have to do is beat this guy in battle". This kind of easy out is the only problem I had with "Rob Roy". Side note: Gladiator's T.V. spots were incredibly lame. I almost didn't want to go see it after watching the spots. Comparing football and hockey players to the Gladiators, all to a rock song. It was really weak.