It is one of the more fascinating movies about the roman age. it was produced in 1999 and directed by Ridley Scott, the same director of Alien. one of the things that I liked of the movie was the roles of Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.the first one played the role of the Maximo Decimo Meridio, the general of Roman Empire and the second one played the role of the evil and bloody emperor Comodo. Maximo’s dream was to return to his house with his wife and his son, however ; this dream broke when Marco Aurelio is killed by his son Comodo who order to kill Maximo and his family. Maximo escapes and returns to Roma as Gladiator in order to take revenge of his family’s murder. this movie won five oscars in 2000, including best movie and best actor. it is interesting to know that Gladiator is the second movie filmed about Roman Empire nominated to the oscars and winner in the category of best movie, the first one was Ben Hur.
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