`GLADIATOR' PLAYS REVENGE FACTOR TO THE MAXIMUS

Herald-News (Joliet, IL) | May 11, 2000 | Copyright

Ah, sweet vengeance. There are few cinematic pleasures as satisfying as witnessing the downfall of someone who has done our hero wrong.

Gladiator marinates this vindictive moviegoer juice over the course of its nearly 2.5 hours, working toward a gratifyingly vicious dispatching of the offending party.

Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) defeats a barbarian swarm, prompting the Emperor (Richard Harris) to name him heir to the throne -- a chafing announcement for the Emperor's reprobate son, Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who envisions himself as the next Caesar.

Phoenix assassinates his ...

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