Are you not entertained?

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2001)

Gladiator deserves immense praise. Ridley Scott directed a great film that helps people understand the Roman era's magnificence and it's horrors. Granted, Gladiator is very violent but the violence and gore never seems glorified or stylized to be gory just to gross out the audience. Gladiator is, in my opinion, one of the best war-drama films alongside Saving Private Ryan, and Braveheart. Gladiator has a sweep and style that is rare in Hollywood these days.