Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Simply, the best ever
Gladiator is a one-of-a-kind movie, not to be missed for ANYTHING!!! Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix put on a tale of epic proportions. Two men desperately struggle for power as they try to tear each other to apart. Ridley Scott and crew do an outstanding job in recreating the shear power of the Roman empire and it's beginnings to an end. Connie Nielsen is stuck rite in the middle of the intense rivalry, brothering Phoenix and loving Crowe.Maximus (Crowe), the loved general, is finished with war in Germania as his valiant army finishes off the last of the opposing threat. Maximus seeks a peaceful return home to his farm, where he left his wife and son 4 years ago. Times change as the current emperor passes onward into Alesium. Phoenix orders the death of Maximus and his family. To bad only part of his wish is carried out as Maximus escapes just in time to see the aftermath of his family's death. Forced into slavery Maximus becomes a basically a target for killing in the arena. Maximus does not stay in the arena for long. The new emperor has decieded to host a series of games in his late father's honor. Maximus is flushed right into the center of Rome, where he gains the peoples respect. Using that as his only defense from Phoenix killing him, Maximus manages to become the Savior Of Rome.Gladiator is a force not to be reckoned with. As each second passes a chill will race down your spine and then a warmth will race back up it, as you are thrown into the sand of the Colleseum. Scott, Crowe, Phoenix, Nielsen all names known widely now because of this one spectacular feature.