Gladiator (1992)

Director:

Rowdy Herrington

Writers (WGA):

Djordje Milicevic (story) and
Robert Mark Kamen (story) ...

Release Date:

6 March 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Nobody owns Tommy Riley. Nobody.

Plot:

Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Bare Butt | Chicago Illinois | Broken Nose | Debt Collector

Cast

James Marshall	...	Tommy Riley
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Abraham Lincoln Haines
Robert Loggia	...	Pappy Jack
T.E. Russell	...	Spits (Leroy)
Jon Seda	...	Romano
Tab Baker	...	Storm Trooper
Brian Dennehy	...	Jimmy Horn
Ossie Davis	...	Noah
Dwain A. Perry	...	Storm Trooper
Cara Buono	...	Dawn
Joan Schwenk	...	Secretary
Raul Salinas	...	Teen in classroom
Marctwaine Nettles-Bey	...	Teen in classroom
Francesca P. Roberts	...	Miss Higgins
Emily Marie Hooper	...	Belinda

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M (re-rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

James Marshall did two hours of boxing, one hour of weight training and one hour of jogging for five days a week for four months.

Goofs:

Continuity: Tommy Riley's TV has black pen writing on it, written by his dad's debt collectors. The black pen writing changes formation from the scene where it was written on the TV, and where Tommy's dad John left for his new job.

Quotes:

Jimmy Horn: You don't say no to me boy!
Lincoln: No.

Soundtrack:

Hold On Tight

Success comes not from what God has given you but what you do with it.

I am sure that a lot of people picked this up thinking, as I did, they were going to see Russell Crowe. Actually I was going to watch Crowe for the third of fourth time, when this came on. I said, hey, there is snow, but where are the soldiers.

I'm really glad i made the mistake, because it was an interesting flick. No, it wasn't the excitement of the coliseum, but the excitement in the ring was just as good.

Now, I like Cuba Gooding, Jr. and I thought he did a really good job here, especially his relationship with Tommy Riley (James Marshall).

Lots of good actors here: Robert Loggia, Brian Dennehy, and Ossie Davis.

Addicted fathers, greedy promoters, toughs on the street, it had it all except a justification for the "R" rating, and a realistic ending. If it had been real, Horn would just have killed him when he lost.