Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Tremendously Powerful Film
Living in the overseas, I bought this DVD for all the hype that surrounded its theatrical release, and I was pleasantly astonished. The protagonist is your basic paladin-type filled with honor and truthfulness, which led to his problems. The villain is very well realized to a point that I wished that the protag. would destroy him in grand fashion. He is THAT despicable! Every character had his/her strength... I didn't care too much for the always-weeping sister to the antagonist, but that's just a minor problem. The fights were very enjoyable (pardon me for using the term "enjoyable" for people being slaughtered) and believable. The sound is magnificent on a 5.1 system.