Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Way overhyped except for Joaquin Phoenix
and his masterful performance. The story to me seemed to be very contrived and very unbelievable. Too many events happened without much causative action preceeding it. And most importantly the film lacked intensity.On the positive side Phoenix's performance was so credible that I actually believed that he was living during that time period. That's not something that I can say about any of the other actors in the film. Also the cinematography was spectacular but forget about all that the story was just not particularly engaging.