Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
excellent
This movie is very well done. The violence, though brutal, is not gratuitous, and there is not as much gore and guts as in films such as Braveheart. The lighting used gives a dreamy feel to this movie; mostly natural lighting is used (or appears to be) and it looks quite realistic. I recognized many actors from Shakespearean productions and they all give good performances. Russell Crowe is outstanding. The dialogue is not always brilliant, but that is not a great detriment. Some have derided the plot as simplistic - but weren't most of the Graeco-Roman myths as well? All in all, this film is a great hero tale.