I can't join the crowd

Rating: 4/10 (14 January 2001)

I guess this is a fun movie if you like to watch well-acted, non-stop carnage and torture for whatever the (long) length of the movie is. I'd rather watch pretty much anything else. As far as it goes Russell Crowe is okay as the hero, a disfavored general making an anonymous(!!) comeback as a gladiator. Best portion of the film is the beginning, where Crowe takes on German tribesmen with his Roman legion. That that portion is the easiest to stomach is a comment on the rest of the movie. Enjoy.