Absolutely incredible!

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2000)

I can't believe how well this movie was made. It has great acting, plot, and special effects. I was looking forward to this movie for a long time and it does not disappoint.
Some may be thrown off by the fact that the movie spends about an hour on plot before actually getting to the gladitorial combat, but you do get a nice battle scene as well as.....well, I don't want to ruin it for anyone.
I've only met one person who didn't like this movie. He said that it was too long. Of course, he doesn't really like movies at all anyway. I hear about people complaining about how long it was. They should've expected it. I found it to be a lot shorter than I thought it would be. When you consider how long Spartacus was, this movie is much shorter.
I can't believe that people can hate such a wonderful film. I admit that the directing seemed a bit annoying at times, but that's just because I don't care much for the small bit of "artsie" stuff they threw in there. Overall, this is one fantastic movie. However, I must say that I saw a lot of people taking eight year-olds to see this film. Don't do that! This is a gory movie!