Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
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*Gladiator (R)- Ridley Scott is a favourite director of mine and I waited anxiously for this. While I was never bored during the films lengthy running time (even when so much of the time is spent fawning over unimpressive CGI shots of the Coliseum), I was absolutely enraged that the film is basically a remake of The Fall of the Roman Empire and the screenwriter's of that far superior film are not even acknowledged. If you want a roman epic, rent Ben Hur, Spartacus, The Robe, Fall of the... or countless others. Joaquin Phoenix was brilliant.