Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Do not think of this as the Greek version of BraveHeart!
This movie is great and there are some similarities to BraveHeart, but they are not the same movie.Gladiatior is a movie about Maximus a great general played by Russell Crowe. The ceasar is on his last legs and asks Maximus to become next in line, but when the Ceasar's son (Joaquin Phoenix) finds out he kills his father and becomes a Ceasar with which no one likes even his sister, whom he has a very strange relationship with.The new Ceasar has Maximus' family hung and burned along with his plantation. He is then picked up and becomes a slave that has to fight for a sport and gain the respect of the crowd.To avenge his family's death he becomes the best Gladiator of them all and being a General for the Roman Empire helps as well! They make it to Rome for a festival and he can reunite with his army and take Rome back. He gains the respect of the Ceasar, but little does the Ceasar know just who this Gladiator is!Get this movie and find out what happens!