Excellent talent involved in the making of this film!

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2000)

This movie had it all, courage, strength, stamina, and most of all, the human spirit. Crowe managed to portray the simple, yet complex spirit of a man who's given in to his destiny. It was hard for me to believe a movie was going to be made that held both plenty of gore, and plenty of humanity. Well done to the creators of this masterpiece. A better film on the brutality of Rome's gladiator games is yet to be seen.