MOVIE · 2000

Gladiator

ActionAdventureDrama155 min

After Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies, Rome falls into the hands of his son Commodus, and Maximus, the general Marcus trusted most, is stripped of rank and forced into slavery. Russell Crowe is Maximus, fighting his way through the arena while searching for a path back to Rome; Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus rules from the palace with suspicion and cruelty. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film moves from frontier battlefields to the heart of the Roman Empire, where senators, nobles, and roaring crowds watch as one soldier is turned into a public spectacle.