Gladiator Movie Essay

Title: Gladiator Movie Essay
Category: Entertainment / Movies & Film
Details: Words: 682 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)

Gladiator Movie Essay

The Gladiator, which was released into movie theatres during the summer of 2000, shows a graphic description of how gladiators fought to the death in coliseums. The story is basically about Maximus, a well-respected general who is stripped of his rank when the evil Commodus takes over the Roman Empire in 180 AD. Maximus finds himself fighting for his life in the vicious gladiator arenas, where he uses his fame to spark unrest among the oppressed Roman …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 682 total…city, Roman Senators could hardly contain their joy at the Emperor's demise. Laetus saved Commodus from being mutilated and dragged through the streets of Rome with a hook. He gave him a private burial. All in all, “The Gladiator” was pretty much accurate about the coliseum fights and the gory stories within them. It was also accurate about majority of the life of Commodus. Where it falls short is with the inaccurate death of Commodus.

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