Top billed cast

1. 

   Russell Crowe

   Maximus

2. 

   Joaquin Phoenix

   Commodus

3. 

   Connie Nielsen

   Lucilla

4. 

   Oliver Reed

   Proximo

5. 

   Richard Harris

   Marcus Aurelius

6. 

   Derek Jacobi

   Gracchus

7. 

   Djimon Hounsou

   Juba

8. 

   David Schofield

   Falco

9. 

   John Shrapnel

   Gaius

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-08-10

They said you were a giant. They said you can crush a man's skull with one hand.

Ridley Scott's Gladiator is not a perfect film, I would think that the hardiest of fans, of which I'm firmly one, know this deep down. Yet just like Commodus in the film is keen to point out that he himself has other virtues that are worthy, so does Gladiator the film. Enough in fact to make it an everlasting favourite of genre fans and worthy of the Academy Award acknowledgements it received.

In narrative terms the plot and story arc is simplicity supreme, something Scott and Russell Crowe have never shied ...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Gladiator II66%
2. Spartacus75%
3. Conan the Barbarian68%
4. Flesh + Blood65%
5. William Tell61%
6. Last Knights63%
7. Embattled67%
8. Life After Fighting72%
9. Interceptor60%
10. The Legion62%
11. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome62%
12. Damage66%
13. Nowhere to Run65%
14. Expend4bles60%
15. The Devil's Double66%
16. Hercules58%
17. Falcon Rising63%
18. Seized67%
19. The Challenge59%
20. Seeking Justice59%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$103,000,000.00

Revenue
$465,516,248.00

Keywords

• gladiator
• rome, italy
• arena
• senate
• roman empire
• parent child relationship
• emperor
• slavery
• ancient rome
• revenge
• battlefield
• slave auction
• historical fiction
• ancient world
• period drama
• combat
• chariot
• philosopher
• grim
• barbarian horde
• 2nd century
• successor
• commodus
• maximus
• antiquity
• gladiador