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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01/01/00
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... [More]
Starring: Cuba Gooding, James Marshall, Robert Loggia, Jon Seda
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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Reviews for Gladiator
1 - 12 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Top CriticThe screenplay, contrived to suit the genre, is likewise replete with stock characters.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe mixture may be slightly unexpected, but it still manages to be predictable all the way.
05/20/03
Top CriticLet's make things perfectly clear. Gladiator is utter trash masquerading as an action picture with a message.
01/01/00
Top CriticMarshall 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.
06/24/06
Top CriticGladiator is filmmaking by the numbers, if a particularly glossily executed package
09/02/08
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03/26/09
Top CriticI prefer the remake.
12/21/04
Standard "boxing will keep you off the mean streets where you'll be shot" story.
07/25/02
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06/07/05
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12/29/06
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06/12/05
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