content: I LOVE this movie. It's powerful, action packed, and well...it just rocks. Great directing by ridley scott (legend, bladerunner, G.I jane, thelma & louise, Alien...), great acting by Russel Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, and Richard Harris. Great costumes, AWSOME score by Hans Zimmer, (i have the cd). This movie has everything: action, revenge, gore, romance, great CGI... well worth buying.You might have heard some discouraging remarks such as Gladiator not being historically acurate, but it isn't supposed to be. It's FICTION... its BASED on history, yes, but so is Braveheart...which is pretty unacurate, and you don't see people chasing down randal wallace with torches... (braveheart is a great movie too though).Now not only is the movie great, but the two-disk DVD is awsome. over 10 deleted scenes, 2 long featurettes, feature length commentary, great interactive menus, and a great addition to anyones DVD collection.