Maximus vs. praetorians _ [Gladiator]

Gladiator _ 2000

About film
In 180 AD, Hispano-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius intends to return home after he leads the Roman army to victory against the Germanic tribes near Vindobona on the Limes Germanicus. Emperor Marcus Aurelius tells Maximus that his own son, Commodus, is unfit to rule and that he wishes Maximus to succeed him, as regent, to help save Rome from corruption and restore the republic. Upon hearing this, Commodus murders his father.
Commodus proclaims himself the new emperor, asking Maximus for his loyalty, but the latter refuses. Maximus is arrested by the Praetorian Guard and is told that he and his family will die. He kills his captors and rides for his home near Trujillo, where he finds his wife and son crucified. Maximus buries them, then collapses from his injuries. Slavers find him, and take him to the city of Zucchabar in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, where he is sold to gladiator trainer Proximo.
Maximus reluctantly fights in local tournaments, his combat skills helping him win matches and gain popularity. He befriends two other gladiators: Hagen, a German; and Juba, a Numidian. Proximo reveals to Maximus that he was once a gladiator who was freed by Marcus Aurelius, and advises him to "win the crowd" to win his freedom.

Cast
Russell Crowe - Maximus Decimus Meridius
Joaquin Phoenix - Commodus
Connie Nielsen - Lucilla
Oliver Reed - Antonius Proximo
Derek Jacobi - Senator Gracchus
Djimon Hounsou - Juba
Richard Harris - Marcus Aurelius
Ralf Möller - Hagen
Tommy Flanagan - Cicero
David Schofield - Senator Falco
John Shrapnel - Senator Gaius
Spencer Treat Clark - Lucius Verus
David Hemmings - Cassius
Omid Djalili - a slave trader
Giannina Facio - Maximus's wife
Giannina Facio - Maximus's wife