Gladiator is a historical film directed by Ridley Scott and the main actor is Russell Crowe.Gladiator recorded $34.83 million at the box office in its first week. The box office revenue did not stop, and it recovered 103 million dollars in production costs in just a few weeks. At the end of the regular screening, the U.S. box office revenue reached $187,705,427 and the final box office revenue reached $457,644,27.In addition, Russell Crowe won 36 awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe, and the British Academy Awards.Including nominations, most of the awards were awarded, including Joaquin Phoenix's Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Ridley Scott's Academy Award for Best Director.
The era was the Roman Empire of Nerva = Antoninus.Maximus Desimus Meridias, a commoner, faced a decisive battle against the barbarians on an expedition to Germany.Maximus himself leads the cavalry and attacks the barbarians from behind to kill the enemy general, resulting in victory.Seeing the wounded and fallen soldiers, Emperor Aurelius, who was aging, realized that the collapse of the expanding empire was approaching.In order to restore Rome to the republican system, he was assassinated by his son and fled just before he was executed.This is where the general's revenge begins.
This story is based on the true history of the Roman Empire.In this movie, the story begins with the tragedy of General Maximus being stigmatized as a traitor by a hero and killing his family.I think he is a very rare hero who confronts irrationalities that I can't stand and rebuilds his country.