They built the Colosseum floor for real, staged the opening battle like weather, and let Crowe carry a Best Picture winner on pure jaw. Old-fashioned in the way I mean as the highest compliment. Thumb up.
A revenge plot with perfect paperwork: everything taken from him, everything collected back, one arena at a time — “are you not entertained” is a rhetorical question and the answer is on file. The 47-minute overage is waived; every minute is load-bearing. Thumb up, with enthusiasm, for once in the correct direction.