Ngitshele kafushane ngefilimu ethi Gladiator.
Context:I-Gladiator iyifilimu yomlando ka-2000 eqondiswe nguRidley Scott futhi yabhalwa nguDavid Franzoni, uJohn Logan, noWilliam Nicholson. Idlalwa nguRussell Crowe, uJoaquin Phoenix, uConnie Nielsen, uRalf Möller, u-Oliver Reed (endimeni yakhe yokugcina), uDjimon Hounsou, uDerek Jacobi, uJohn Shrapnel, uRichard Harris noTommy Flanagan. UCrowe udlala induna yempi yamaRoma uMaximus Decimus Meridius, odunyazwa lapho uCommodus, indodana yoMbusi uMarcus Aurelius, ebulala uyise futhi ethatha isihlalo sobukhosi. Ehliselwe ebugqilini, uMaximus uba i-gladiator futhi ukhuphuka ezikhundleni enkundleni ukuze aphindisele ukubulawa komkhaya wakhe nombusi wakhe.
Ngo-180 AD, ujenene waseSpain-waseRoma uMaximus Decimus Meridius uhlose ukubuyela ekhaya ngemuva kokuhola ibutho laseRoma ekunqobeni izizwe zamaJalimane eduze kwaseVindobona eLimes Germanicus. UMbusi uMarcus Aurelius utshela uMaximus ukuthi indodana yakhe, uCommodus, ayifaneleki ukubusa nokuthi ufisa ukuba uMaximus amlandele njengombusi, ukuze asize ekusindiseni iRoma enkohlakalweni futhi abuyisele umbuso. Lapho etshelwa ngalokhu, uCommodus ubulala uyise ngasese.  UCommodus uzimemezela njengombusi omusha, ecela ukuba uMaximus athembeke kuye, kodwa uMaximus uyenqaba. UMaximus uboshwa abaQaphi Bombusi futhi utshelwa ukuthi yena nomkhaya wakhe bazokufa. Ubulala ababambayo futhi, elimele, ugibele ibhiza aye ekhaya lakhe eduze kwaseTurgalium (manje iTrujillo), lapho ethola khona umkakhe nendodana yakhe bebethelwe esiphambanweni. UMaximus uyabangcwaba, abese ewa ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe. Abathengisi bezigqila bayamthola, bese bemyisa edolobheni laseZucchabar esifundazweni saseRoma iMauretania Caesariensis, lapho athengiselwa khona umqeqeshi wama-gladiator uProximo.  UMaximus ulwa enqikaza emincintiswaneni yendawo, amakhono akhe okulwa amsiza ukuba anqobe imidlalo futhi athole ukuthandwa. Uba umngane namanye amaqhawe amabili: uHagen, umJalimane; noJuba, umNumidiya. U-Proximo utshela uMaximus ukuthi wake waba ngumdlali wama-gladiator owakhululwa nguMarcus Aurelius, futhi umeluleka ukuthi "anqobe isixuku" ukuze athole inkululeko yakhe.  Lapho uCommodus ehlelela izinsuku ezingu-150 zemidlalo ukuze kukhunjulwe ukufa kukayise, uProximo uthatha amaqhawe akhe aye eRoma ayolwa eColosseum. Egqoke isigqoko sokuzivikela, uMaximus uqala ukubonakala eColosseum njengomuntu waseCarthage emdlalweni weMpi yaseZama. Ngokungalindelekile, uhola uhlangothi lwakhe ekunqobeni, futhi uCommodus ungena eColosseum ukuze ambonge. Uyala uMaximus, njengoba engumholi wama-gladiator, ukuba embule ukuthi ungubani; uMaximus ukhumula isigqoko sakhe futhi umemezela impindiselo. Isixuku siphoqa uCommodus ukuba ashiye ama - gladiator ephila, futhi onogada bakhe bayavinjelwa ukuba bawabulale.  Impi elandelayo kaMaximus iwukulwa nomdlali odumile ongenakunqotshwa, uTigris waseGaul. UCommodus uhlela ukuba kubulawe amahlosi amaningana kuMaximus phakathi nokulwa, kodwa uMaximus uyakwazi ukunqoba. UCommodus uyala uMaximus ukuba abulale uTigris, kodwa uMaximus uyamsindisa umphikisi wakhe; lapho ephendula, isixuku sihlabelela "uMaximus onesihe", sithukuthelisa uCommodus.  UMaximus uthola kuCicero, owayengumfundisi wakhe, ukuthi amabutho akhe asendulo ahlala ethembekile. Uhlangana ngasese noLucilla, udadewabo kaCommodus futhi owake waba isithandwa sikaMaximus; noGracchus, isishoshovu esinamandla. Bayavuma ukuba uMaximus abaleke eRoma ayojoyina amabutho akhe, agumbuqele uCommodus ngenkani, futhi abuyisele amandla eSenate YaseRoma. UCommodus uthola ngaleli cebo lapho indodana kaLucilla, uLucius, ngokunganaki esho okuthile ngaleli cebo. UCommodus usongela uLucilla noLucius, futhi wenza ukuba abaQaphi Besihlalo Sobukhosi babophe uGracchus futhi bahlasele amakamu ama-gladiator. UProximo namadoda akhe, kuhlanganise noHagen, bayazidela ukuze bavumele uMaximus ukuba abaleke. UMaximus uthunjwa lapho ehlangana noCicero, lapho abulawelwa khona.  Ezama ukubuyisa ukwamukelwa umphakathi, uCommodus uphonsela uMaximus inselele ukuba balwe empini eColosseum. Uhlaba uMaximus emaphashini ngaphambi komdlalo ukuze athole inzuzo. Naphezu kokulimala kwakhe, uMaximus ubulala uCommodus. Ngemva kokuba abaQaphi Besihlalo Sobukhosi benqabile ukumsiza, uCommodus ukhipha ummese ofihliwe; uMaximus unqoba uCommodus futhi ugwaza ummese emphinjeni wakhe, ambulale. Ngaphambi kokuba uMaximus abulawe amanxeba akhe, ucela ukuba kwenziwe izinguquko kwezombangazwe, ukuba abakwaGladiator abakanye naye bakhululwe, nokuba uSenator Gracchus abuyiselwe esikhundleni sakhe. Njengoba efa, unombono lapho ehlangana khona nomkakhe nendodana yakhe. Abangane bakhe nabangane bakhe bayamdumisa ngokuthi "uyisosha laseRoma", ngokuyala kukaLucilla, futhi baphathe isidumbu sakhe basikhiphe enkundleni, kuyilapho isidumbu sikaCommodus sishiywa ngemuva.  Ngalobo busuku, uJuba uvakashela iColosseum bese engcwaba imifanekiso yomkaMaximus nendodana yakhe endaweni lapho afela khona.