Movie

The Gladiator

The general of the Roman Empire changed to be a slave. From a slave he changed to be a gladiator, and the gladiator turned out to be a legend that salvaged the Rome.

Ridley Scott, one the best American directors presented us the best film about a Roman epic historical drama. Moreover, David Franzoni, the famous American screen writer made the best screenplay about behind the scenes in the movie.

The ideas of of how the Roman people believe in the emperor, and the dark side of the great empire were adapted from the truth story. The political and monarchic systems that balance each other were not balanced anymore when the political side and the emperor side had not agreed no the same future plan for Rome. Then, they used the great arena as a chess game to overthrow each other.

In “The Gladiator”, Maxcimus Decimus (Russell Crowe), the grand general of great Roman Empire served Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), the emperor for a long time. Because Maxicmus was an honest and talented person, the emperor trusted and loved him as his own son. However, Marcus was dying because he was so old. He wanted Maximus to be a new Caesar and continued his ambitious. Sadly, the son of the emperor, Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) could not accepted his father's decision, so he murdered his father and established himself to be a new Caesar. Because  the prince was scarring Maxcimus, Commodus ordered the soldiers to assassinate him. Maximus ran away barely alive, and he was bought as a slave by Proximo (Oliver Reed), the gladiator gambler. In the meanwhile, Rome celebrated the new emperor by starting the coliseum tournament in one hundred and fifty days. Proximo brought Maximus to the tournament as a gladiator. The time had come; Maximus and Commodus saw each other again. The rest of the film is about the gladiator fighting against the emperor, and bring back the belief of Marcus Aurelius to people of Rome again.

In fact, I am not a real fan of action dramas movie, but this movie is different. This epic historical movie changed my attitude about my movie genre style. The director's skill and the plot of the movie are great. Most actors in the movie acted very well, especially the main actor, Russell Crowe. Special effect and custom design are high detail and seem so real. Also, the scene and setting of the movie are very organized and beautiful. Moreover you will see Ridley Scott shows the possible fact of real life in the story that really is touching to the audiences. This movie is a magnificent work.

 This movie is one of the best movies; do not miss it. Actors in The Gladiator are the experienced actors. The story is very good. The battle scenes in the movie were realistic. The orchestra and music in the movie is really great. Also the theme song of the movie “Now We Are Free” was sung by Enya, the Irish singer who has such a beautiful voice. Give it a try, this movie will be a new experience for you.