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Gladiator

Play trailer Poster for Gladiator R,  1992,  1h 42m,  Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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31% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
After whipping a rival in a brawl, Chicago teen Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is asked to box in the illegal fights organized by Jimmy Horn (Brian Dennehy). Tommy has bigger aspirations, but when Jimmy agrees to cover the betting debts his father (John Heard) incurred, Tommy agrees. He soon befriends Abraham Lincoln Haines (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a black boxer helping to support his family. When Jimmy realizes that the friends are his two top draws, he matches them in a bout neither wants.
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Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Marshall makes a promising feature debut; and Herrington, pushing beyond the expected triumph-of-the-underdog clichés, underpins the crowd-pleasing Rocky-style fight action with some unobtrusive social comment and confident visual storytelling. Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times May 20, 2003
2/5
The mixture may be slightly unexpected, but it still manages to be predictable all the way. Go to Full Review
Rita Kempley Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
The screenplay, contrived to suit the genre, is likewise replete with stock characters. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Apr 25, 2018
Gladiator manages to raise a number of social questions in what might have been a simple teen-exploitation boxing film. Chief among the concerns of the film are the relationships between blacks and whites in the inner city. Go to Full Review
TV Guide Sep 2, 2008
2/4
Gladiator is filmmaking by the numbers, if a particularly glossily executed package Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Dec 29, 2006
2/5
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Rowdy Herrington

Director

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Abraham Lincoln Haines

James Marshall

Tommy Riley

Brian Dennehy

Jimmy Horn

Robert Loggia

Pappy Jack

Ossie Davis

Noah

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Synopsis After whipping a rival in a brawl, Chicago teen Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is asked to box in the illegal fights organized by Jimmy Horn (Brian Dennehy). Tommy has bigger aspirations, but when Jimmy agrees to cover the betting debts his father (John Heard) incurred, Tommy agrees. He soon befriends Abraham Lincoln Haines (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a black boxer helping to support his family. When Jimmy realizes that the friends are his two top draws, he matches them in a bout neither wants.
Director
Rowdy Herrington
Producer
Frank Price, Stephen J. Roth
Screenwriter
Lyle Kessler, Robert Mark Kamen
Production Co
Price Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.1M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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