A warrior's life from a King's right hand to a slave to a gladiator then a fight for freedom.

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2017)

A moving storyline that takes us into the heart and soul of Maximus. The warrior does the King's bidding but like a father and son assault on the territorial gain. The King's son anguished with the envy of his own father's love for Maximus extinguishes the life from the King and takes on the new rule. Maximus sensing deception refuses to fight for the new king and is cast aside for death.
The only motivation Maximus has is to get to his family, and escapes his captor's blade of execution and flees to his family only to find out the king has already dispatched his home and family.
He is picked up by new captors and is traded as a slave to the life of the arena, the battleground of Roman Gladiators. With his experience as a general, he quickly moves up the ranks and helps his fellow warriors escape death in the arena.
Gaining momentum and popularity he comes across the new king once more. Realising he is not dead the king now has to contend with the crowd and to continue his people's acceptance he must let Maximus live.
The king's sister collaborates with Maximus and together they try to escape the king's rule and free the people...it comes down to Maximus and the young king in a fight to the death.