Few films can match the massive financial and critical success of Ridley Scott’s period piece epic, Gladiator.
Just when you thought films about warriors in Ancient Rome reached their peak with movies like Ben-Hur and Spartacus, in came Ridley Scott with a modern action spectacle that set a new bar for production design in filmmaking and featured revolutionary special effects.
If the technical aspects weren’t already enough for the movie to make its mark on film history, Gladiator also came complete with a powerful and engaging plot.
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