Gladiator

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2016)

Gladiator is a great movie full of good action with a compelling plot. It pulls the people watching into the movie through the colorful characters. Although the plot of this movie is good and it brings the characters to life, there are some principles in the movie that do not convey a worldview that is wholesome. From a Christian Perspective, the whole plot of the movie is about revenge. The Bible in many places says that revenge is not for us to take. Romans 12:19 says that Revenge is the Lord's and the Lord's only. When we take revenge for ourselves, it only ends in disaster. Like in the movie, it ends in death and there is nothing for us in the end. Deuteronomy 32:35 says 'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.' Any sort of revenge will end in disaster. At the ending of the movie, no one really won.