They say “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” But the Romans gave a thumbs down when they didn’t like a gladiator. I’m not legally allowed to do that for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II ...

Update: Since publication, the score is down to a 77%, just under Gladiator now, though still Ridley Scott’s highest scoring movie since The Last Duel While it doesn’t come out for almost two ...

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Denzel Washington taking command as the villain, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of "Gladiator." It may not be high praise, but “Gladiator II ...

Paul Mescal as Lucius, left, and Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius in 'Gladiator II' Paramount Pictures Sir Ridley Scott didn’t make his first feature film (1977’s The Duellists) until he was 40 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link "Gladiator II" is a messy sequel to Ridley Scott's Roman epic — but what it lacks in narrative connective tissue, it makes up for in spectacle.

Gladiator tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a loyal Roman general who loses everything after being betrayed by the power-hungry Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix ...

A sequel to “Gladiator” sounds like a terrible idea. How do you follow Russell Crowe’s iconic Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix’s detestable Emperor Commodus, and all that sweet swords-and-sandals ...

In the first film. Lucius was a boy who idealized the revolutionary gladiator Maximus (Russell Crowe). In the sequel, he's all grown up and played by Paul Mescal, a contemporary figure of non ...

“Gladiator II” is almost here. We give you a sneak peak of the movie that stars Denzel Washington. Gladiator II is the long-awaited sequel to the five-time Academy Award-winning Gladiator from ...

One of the many great smaller moments that made a big budget blockbuster like Gladiator a worthy Best Picture winner comes early in the film when Maximus sees his friend Quintus. They just won a ...

Gladiator II had a difficult (perhaps impossible) legacy to live up to, but Ridley Scott manages to do enough to keep audiences thoroughly entertained. A sequel to Scott's 2000 hit Gladiator, this ...

What is the silliest moment in “Gladiator II”? Is it when a gladiator rides a rhino in the arena? Or when the hero, Lucius (Paul Mescal), fights alongside his wife in battle? (She has been ...