Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Absolutely Astonishing
With the exception of "Braveheart", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Dances With Wolves" there isn't a better epic motion picture. The battle scene at the beginning of the film is so impressive and realistic it will give you chills. From watching how the Roman soldiers are assembled on the battlefield to how they devastate their enemy, every sequence is done with historical accuracy. It gives you a true sense of what made the Roman Empire so powerful. The film is extremely graphic in its battle sequences, but how else is a director supposed to give the viewer a true sense of what it must have really been like to live in such a savage age. The story is tremendously gripping and sucks you into Maximus' (the main character) life in such a way that you feel vindicated at the movie's climax. "Gladiator" is one of my all time favorite movies and I honestly can't wait to own this 2 disk collection.