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Gladiator (1992)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:2
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Tommy and Lincoln, two poor high school students on the brink of juvenile delinquency, have taken up boxing. Although it's a dangerous sport, fighting helps keep them off the street and out of... Tommy and Lincoln, two poor high school students on the brink of juvenile delinquency, have taken up boxing. Although it's a dangerous sport, fighting helps keep them off the street and out of violent gangs. It's also a way for these boys to earn needed money, sublimate anger towards absent fathers and numb the emotional pain of broken homes. Unfortunately, all the young fighters are controlled by Horn, a nefarious businessman exploiting hungry boxers like prize pigs for his illegal matches. But with a little luck and each other's friendship, Tommy and Lincoln may beat all the odds. [More]
Starring: Cuba Gooding, James Marshall, Robert Loggia, Jon Seda
Starring: Cuba Gooding, James Marshall, Robert Loggia, Jon Seda, Brian Dennehy, Cara Buono, John Heard, Ossie Davis, Debra Stipe
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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Reviews for Gladiator
Gladiator is filmmaking by the numbers, if a particularly glossily executed package
Marshall makes a promising feature debut; and Herrington, pushing beyond the expected triumph-of-the-underdog clichés, underpins the crowd-pleasing Rocky-style fight action with some unobtrusive social comment and confident visual storytelling.
The mixture may be slightly unexpected, but it still manages to be predictable all the way.
Let's make things perfectly clear. Gladiator is utter trash masquerading as an action picture with a message.
The screenplay, contrived to suit the genre, is likewise replete with stock characters.
The idea of the Dennehy's illegal boxing arena is a storytelling masterstroke; it explains the small crowds at the same time it permits the boxers to fight dirty.
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