Well done but overrated !

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2001)

I was a little disappointed in this movie, what with all its Academy Award hype. This was a good movie, well worth your time but this was not a great movie. The story line was borrowed from a half dozen different movies depicting gladiators. The acting was professional but the only Academy Award performance I saw was Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius and that part was so small it had no impact on the film. Definitely not family fare as it is very bloody from start to finish. Preview this movie but it would become very tiring in any film library. I rated this a 7.