Some of the problems of Gladiator II manifest themselves right at the picture’s outset. Mescal’s Lucius is deeply in love with his wife, Arishat (Yuval Gonen). Anyone who’s seen a picture like ...

Credits: Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn and Spencer Treat. Rating/Runtime: R for strong bloody violence; 148 minutes.

Following the peculiar 2023 biopic, “Napoleon,” director Ridley Scott delivered a sequel to one of his most famous movies with “Gladiator II.” With the original “Gladiator” being 24 years old, it was ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded ideals of the Roman Empire have deteriorated ...

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USA, — When Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” stormed the box office and Academy Awards ramparts at the dawn of the 20th century, it did so at a turn of the Hollywood tide. Returning its legendary director ...

Any attempt to recreate the magic of Ridley Scott’s Academy Award-winning Best Picture Film “Gladiator” (2000) was going to face high expectations. Whether or not the film would be able to live up to ...

Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is a nice enough movie, aside from all the gutting and disemboweling and arm-chopping-off (of which there is a gracious plenty). Like the first film, it’s a throwback to ...

Not perfect and not a patch on the original film, but the magic of Ridley Scott's direction and Denzel Washington's performance elevates Gladiator 2 into the epic spectacle it needs to be. But best to ...

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Ridley Scott’s 2000 sword and sandal epic “Gladiator” closed on a memorable shot that became an indelible image associated with the film: star Russell Crowe’s hands, callused and battle-worn, softly ...

Paul Mescal plays Lucius and Pedro Pascal plays Marcus Acacius in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures. Director Ridley Scott returns to the world of ancient Rome with GLADIATOR II. GLADIATOR is an ...