Best Historical Movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2013)

This is simply the best historical epic film ever made (after Ben-Hur, Spartacus, and BraveHeart) The direction of Ridley Scott is wonderful, along with the stunning cinematography over each scene. The opening scene is a great example of cinematography and direction of Scott can make a real spectacle, as the story itself. When Emperor Marcus Aurelius' son Commodus murders his father, he must also do away with Maximus Decimus Meridius, the finest general. Maximus escapes his execution, but finds his wife and child murdered. Wandering and wounded near death, he is picked up and put into slavery, and selected to fight for sport as a gladiator. From there, he seeks revenge.