Gladiator

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of historical action epics; directed by Ridley Scott.
• Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix and Connie Nielsen star.
• About 2 hours 35 minutes, with plenty of violent combat.

Synopsis

Gladiator is a 2000 epic action adventure drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to a slave, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.

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Director & cast

• R

  Ridley Scott

  Director

• R

  Russell Crowe

  Maximus Decimus Meridius

• J

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Commodus

• C

  Connie Nielsen

  Lucilla

• R

  Richard Harris

  Marcus Aurelius

• O

  Oliver Reed

  Antonius Proximo

• D

  Djimon Hounsou

  Juba

• D

  Derek Jacobi

  Senator Gracchus

• T

  Tomas Arana

  General Quintus