Gladiator vs Virumaandi
Gladiator has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Virumaandi). Gladiator is the shorter watch at 2h 35m compared with 2h 55m. Gladiator is the older of the two (2000 against 2004). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gladiator
Virumaandi| Gladiator | Virumaandi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 2h 55m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Kamal Haasan |
| Main cast | Tommy Flanagan, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed | Kamal Haasan, Pasupathy, Nassar, Rohini, Abhirami |
Synopsis
Gladiator
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Virumaandi
Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 people during a brutal clash between feuding villages. As tensions mount within the prison walls, she listens to their conflicting accounts of the same story.
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