Action Satisfaction

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2000)

I went into this movie thinking that it might be an ok movie with an ok plot but good action sequences. From beginning to end I witnessed a very good movie. The plot was better than I expected even though it was kind of like a Roman Braveheart. The acting was better than I thought it would be. It is made out to be just a blockbuster and a spectacle, which in some ways it is. I took Art History in collage and spent a lot of time on Rome and of course the Coliseum (even though back in Rome they didn't call it that). What I saw in the movie was an amazing re-creation from the column order on the exterior to the covering on the roof. But this still was not where the movie excelled. To put it simply the action scenes were amazing. From the opening battle scene to the small gladiator scene to the Coliseum battles they were just amazing. You just couldn't help but really get into them just as if you were watching them. I would recommend this movie highly.