This is why Gladiator is such a good film #ridleyscott #gladiator #filmreview

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]it was easy to see why this film became a classic in the way that it did. The story is a tragic one, but one which nonetheless holds a very satisfying ending, helped on by excellent performances from Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Commodus. It is very easy to side with and admire Crowe's Maximus and very easy to despise and revile Phoenix's Commodus. The story, while perhaps not fully unique or original or historically accurate for that matter, was very well written and contained a number of iconic quotes. Are you not entertained?

[00:00:32]>> It was well paced, details were well explored without overdoing the exposition, and it was all wrapped up very neatly at the end, which is not necessarily an easy thing to do.