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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Drama /
History
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Release:
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Director:
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Ridley Scott
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Actors:
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Russell Crowe,
Joaquin Phoenix,
Connie Nielsen,
Oliver Reed,
Richard Harris,
Derek Jacobi,
Djimon Hounsou,
David Schofield,
John Shrapnel,
Tomas Arana,
Ralf Moeller,
Spencer Treat Clark,
David Hemmings,
Tommy Flanagan,
Sven-Ole Thorsen
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Duration:
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148 min.
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Rating:
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(8.3/10)142.5
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Plot Summary:
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Condemned to arena fights by corrupt Roman number one Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Gen. Maximus (Russell Crowe) seeks punish to save his dynasty's deaths.
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Leaders are born not created
This film sizzles from the start and the fight scenes are second to none. I can count on one hand the amount of times I have been to the cinema in the past few years and three of them were to see Gladiator, in all it's glory on the big screen. There's a lot of blood and gore but to my mind this is essential for it's realism. I am a boss and whenever I feel down and need inspiration I watch this film because throughout the film it shows the qualities and consequences of being a good and bad leader. But for Crouching Tiger I believe this would have got many more oscars.
Not sure why this has a rating of 4 stars, come on guys give it the credit it deserves.
Gladiator
Ridley Scott revives the Roman epic with computer generated imagery and a mighty performance from Russell Crowe. Not to mention the last stand of the late Oliver Reed
Hulking great buildings, hulking men, hulking utterances are the blocks that Ridley Scott's film is constructed from. But at the heart of Gladiator's epic recreation of the ancient Roman world sits an effectively simple tale of loyalty and love.
Maximus (Crowe) is a respected warrior, a general loyal to the visionary emperor Marcus Aurelius (Harris). However, when Marcus Aurelius dies, Maximus is double-crossed by the dangerous, nay deranged, new emperor Commodus (Phoenix). All Maximus wants is to avenge his family.
After being sold to gladiator trainer Proximo (Reed, serving u...
Gladiator
Gladiator delivers when it counts--but then and only then.
an aging athlete who knows how to hide strength and cover-up
weaknesses, it makes the most of what it does well and hopes you won't
heed its limitations. With someone like Russell Crowe in the starring
job, it doesn't own much to sweat bullets about.
An intensely masculine actor with the ability to be as thoroughly
convincing in a tailored suit (The Insider) as in a solicitation of
armor here, Crowe has a palpable on generous plausibility. Whether it's as
commanding unrestricted Maximus, adored by the armed multitudes, or a
friendless man fighting for his life in a "When Grouchy Things Happen to
Good People" plan, Crowe brings essential carnal and spiritual
actuality t...
Russell Crowe acts like a plank
Russell Crowe is so worthless in this movie that he deserves to be injection out of a cannon into a broken drinking-glass factory and covered in bees.
Prototype of dialogue: 'POM POM POM!! Pungency... POMM POMPOMPOM!!! What is life... POMMM POM POM!! I... POM! something... POMM!! mutter... POMPOMPOMMMM!!!'
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