Booom, this movie explodes!

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2001)

Once again you can count on Ridley Scott to direct a bloody masterpiece! That's right, it's bloody and it's a masterpiece. I'm sorry I sound like a salesman but that's what happens when you're excited about the brilliance of a movie. If you havent' seen it yet take this as a que, it's in the video rentals so you have NO excuse not to see it! The acting was amazing. I don't care what anyone says I think Joaquin Phoenix did the best job as Commodus. He was so awesomely convincing, I would easily say he played the best villian since Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs. Besides that, everyone else also acted flawlessly in their roles. This is definitely Oliver Reed's best performance ever, unfortunately his last. Besides that, the movie was so convincing, I have seen many movies who's settings are ancient rome, none of them did it as well as Gladiator did. The clothes, the palace, the battles, and most of all, the Colliseum are completely captivating. You wanna see a good movie that EVERYONE will love, this is the one, get it now!