Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Grahpic violence with a blur
The holiday price was finally right to gift myself this disc. I had concerns the movie would be more drama and less action. There is a good balance between the two. When I watched the video, several of the battle scenes blurred and you really didn't get a good view at times because the scene was shot so far back or microscopically close at turbo speed and detracted from my enjoyment of the movie. There were several twists in the plot to keep my interest on how the Gladiator was going to win back his status in the empire. The level of incestuous interest by the part of the brother for his sister was not a highlight of the movie for me. A few of the details like how some of the pivotal information was gleaned by Caeser to intervene on his sister's actions made the movie complicated to follow toward the end. Perhaps additional viewings of the movie will make some things more apparent, but I usually "get" movies the first time. I found the movie to be in a similar style to the HBO "Rome" series. There are several graphically violent parts and the movie is not meant for children.