BEST EPIC SINCE CONAN:THE BARBARIAN AND BRAVE HEART!

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2000)

GLADIATOR***1/2[3 1/2 STARS]-Best epic since ''Conan: The Barbarian (***1/2) and ''Brave Heart" (***1/2). There's an excellent story and the acting is great despite theres not a huge cast except for Russell Crowe. There's an awesome battle scene at the beginning of the movie plus some awesome sword fights and some great bloody action in the arena. The ending was also pretty awesome. This is a nice comeback for Russell Crowe since ''The Insider" (**) which also made kind of a mess for Al Pacino who made his comeback in ''Any Given Sunday (***1/2). I've never been into Russell Crowe but he was awesome in this movie and I hope to follow up on more of his movies. If you want to see a great epic go see ''Gladiator''.