Russell CroweandRidley Scotts collaborations are almost entirely contained to a single decade: the 2000s.

And tedium isn’t something you want in a movie that goes for nearly two and a half hours.

Thats not what it definitely was, but it just feels that way when watching it.

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Its in the atmosphere, sure, but also the overall laziness of the film.

Washington can do pretty much anything as an actor including, asthis film shows, playing a gangster.

Its just hard to top a movie likeGladiator, and it endures for a reason.

Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) stands with a legion of archers in ‘Robin Hood’ (2010).

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A Good Year - 2006

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Russell Crowe sitting across a table from Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies

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A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.

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Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) looking at Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) as he drinks coffee in the street in American Gangster

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In ancient Rome, after the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, loyal general Maximus is betrayed and sentenced to death by the new emperor, Commodus. Escaping execution, Maximus is enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator, where his skills and honor lead him toward a path of vengeance and redemption.

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