★★★★★ – Telegraph. A chance to catch Ridley Scott's original epic before Gladiator II arrives on our screens from Fri 15 Nov.

"★★★★★ – monumental movie-making: visually thrilling, technically astonishing, and emotionally engaging" – Telegraph

★★★★★ – Radio Times

A chance to catch Ridley Scott's original epic before Gladiator II arrives on our screens from Fri 15 Nov.

A celebrated general in the all-conquering Roman army, Maximus (Crowe) longs to return to his family after a long campaign far from home.

But when he is betrayed and left for dead by the ascendant Emperor Commodus, Maximus becomes an enslaved gladiator. With his formidable fighting skills carrying him towards a final showdown in Rome, Maximus thinks only of revenge, and he will have his vengeance in this life or the next.