The movie Gladiator takes place in the Europe in the Roman Empire. The main character is a general for the Roman Empire and is going to take the throne after the Roman leader dies. The son of the leader does not want him to take the throne because he is his son so he sets the general up and kills his family. The general is then put into slavery and has to fight for his freedom. He fights several fights and is victorious throughout all of them. The man that set him up notices that he is doing well and decides to fight him. The general kills the son and becomes leader for a short period of time. He sets all the slaves free and does away with the monarchy system they are under.
My opinion of this movie is that it was a very exciting movie that kept you on the edge of your seat through about the last two hours but the first thirty minutes are kind of slow. Gladiator has a good lesson behind it that you can overcome anything and I believe that they illustrated their message very well with this movie. There was a lot of action which I think is what made the movie so interesting. In my opinion this movie is one of the best action movies I have ever seen. It is a must see for everyone.
