Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Ende!
Goodbye, to another hard hit-negative review. Here is the revision of a review written months ago. Gladiator is a delivery of a story told in the form of many movies, but not in character. Maximus is a man troubled with loves past and desires nothing but to go home once the barbarians are destroyed. Before granting his wish the Emporer asks him to take rule of Rome, Leaving his own son without a throne. Joaquin Pheonix plays a terrific sadistic maniac that would do anything to claim the throne, even kill his own father. What starts out as a terrific victory, Gladiator follows Maximus' decent from the heights of high protector of Rome, to a slave in chains. Gladiator was the #1 movie of 2000 at the box office, which shows that many people were drawn to the story. Many viewings later on my own dvd, I say it is a good movie. Catch the scene when Maximus prays to God. We need more scenes of humility like that in todays cinema.