Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: A "Gladiator" Rip-Off

First of all, American actors suck! They are self-absorbed, immature and the current crop of male actors seem like eternal old teen-agers. The British are by far the best actors in all the world, with their intensity, maturity and strong personalities, but they couldn't save this movie.Brad Pitt was not believable to me. In each scene, he seemed to be preening and posing himself in the best light. With the long blond hair, he looked for all the world like a California surfer dude. With his current success, he seems not to be trying anymore to find the soul of the character as he did in "Legends of the Fall."The battle scenes I liked except the director got in too close and it got claustrophobic. The battle scenes in "Gladiator" (which this movie emulates) were much better. I was not familiar with this story, but the script made it easy to follow, except there was just no soul in this movie and there was in "Gladiator."