Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A triple-bill of historical action adventures In & Gladiator& (2000) after the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) betrays the Emperor&s beloved General Maximus (Russell Crowe) & takes the throne for himself Maximus is sold as a slave & then trained as a gladiator keeping himself strong with thoughts of vengeance Eventually he is taken to the Colosseum where he prepares to fight in a contest presided over by the corrupt Commodus Will he suffer the ultimate humiliation & die for the entertainment of his enemy or will he survive the rigors of the arena & find a way of exacting his revenge? In & Immortals& (2011) the power-hungry King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has laid waste to Greece in his search for the legendary Epirus Bow a weapon of limitless power that in the wrong hands could bring about the end of human life Ancient law dictates that the Gods must not intervene in human conflict & so they remain powerless to stop Hyperion & his merciless hordes
- until young peasant Theseus (Henry Cavill) secretly chosen by Zeus (Luke Evans John Hurt) steps forward to save the day Finally in & The Eagle& (2011) Channing Tatum stars as Marcus Aquila a young Roman soldier in 140 AD Roman-occupied England who sets out to honour his father&s memory by tracking down the long-missing Roman Ninth Legion in which his father once served Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell) Marcus travels beyond Hadrian&s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia to confront its savage tribes & retrieve the lost legion&s golden emblem the Eagle of the Ninth