4 | 163 min. | Action, Drama, Adventure
Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Alun Raglan, Connie Nielsen, David Bailie, David Hemmings, David Schofield, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Giannina Facio, Giorgio Cantarini, Joaquin Phoenix, John Shrapnel, Oliver Reed, Omid Djalili, Ralf Möller, Richard Harris, Russell Crowe, Spencer Treat Clark, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tomas Arana, Tommy Flanagan
Plot
Gladiator is an epic film of love, death and betrayal set in the Roman Empire. General Maximus' success in battle earns the favour of an elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperor's son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus. Now reduced to a slave, his family dead, Maximus must fight as a gladiator to gain his freedom, and his revenge.
4 | 170 min. | Action, Drama, History, War
Director
Mel Gibson
Cast
Alan Tall, Andrew Weir, Angus Macfadyen, Bernard Horsfall, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Catherine McCormack, David Gant, David O'Hara, Gerard McSorley, Gerda Stevenson, Ian Bannen, James Cosmo, James Robinson, Jeanne Marine, Liam Carney, Malcolm Tierney, Martin Murphy, Mel Gibson, Mhairi Calvey, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Hanly, Peter Mullan, Ralph Riach, Richard Leaf, Rupert Vansittart, Sandy Nelson, Sean Lawlor, Sean McGinley, Sophie Marceau, Stephen Billington, Tam White, Tommy Flanagan
Plot
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.