Russel Crowe + Ridley Scott

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2014)

After Alien, a landmark film for subsequent horror films and on / fantasy meant, the Ridley Scott was a promising director. 20 years later, he directed the Gladiator, reviving the kind of "peploum" stirring once again the waters of the world cinema.
We are located in 180 AD when the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) decides to nominate his successor faithful commander Maximus (Russel Crowe), giving him the task of redoing Rome democracy. This does not love his son and legitimate heir to the throne, Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who murders in cold blood his father and orders the execution of Maximus and his family. The latter, however, manages to survive and swears revenge. After passing through the first slave, manages to reach the Coliseum in order to get his revenge.