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Paramount Pictures
Scott Free Productions
Gladiator Collection
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Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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Sep 18, 2026 · via TMDB
# **Gladiator 2 — Ridley Scott** **Paul Mescal** **Pedro Pascal** **Denzel Washington** ### **Man-Eating Sharks Meet a Demented Roman Princess in a CGI Arena!** **Review by Dr Usman Latif Khawaja** Scott has virtually taken the entire plot and narrative from his first movie! The original was a cross between *The Fall of the Roman Empire* and *Spartacus*, and was extremely influenced by Kubrick’s *Spartacus* and the Roman epic tradition. This time, Scott is also borrowing from *Jaws*, as an absurd naval battle is staged inside the Colosseum in a naumachia. It’s partly *Ben-Hur* meets *Jaws*, where man-eating sharks dine on Romans who fall into the water from burning, crashed galleys! I couldn’t hold back my laughter 🤭 at this total hokum! The mother-and-son angle between the Roman princess and her lost, forgotten son is far too clumsy a piece of melodrama. The imperial heir languishing in Numidia is totally unconvincing, while the Caesar’s daughter has apparently forgotten her son and her love child from her only true love! So the princess has this strange form of dementia in which she completely forgets about her only son. Thanks to Hollywood, that’s another star in the movie epic cap of third-rate sword-and-sandal potboilers! Some things are impossible to believe, and this is amongst those! Denzel, as a sandy-haired trainer in a Roman gladiator school and a freed Roman man from Africa, is playing a purely evil character with a rather wry, cynical smile. He keeps plotting in his own bisexual, ambitious fantasy world of depravity, determined to wrest the Roman throne for himself. Yet, despite being ambitious enough to want the throne and the empire for himself, he somehow has no idea who the gladiator he is training actually happens to be, even though the princess announces it openly during her visit to her son in the arena! And Scott makes sure that practically nobody in the cast is spared from the most violent and graphic deaths imaginable, apparently to please his IMAX crowd! Denzel needs to protect his *Malcolm X* and partly *Man on Fire* image and avoid this trash! *Malcolm X* is the best movie Hollywood churned out since 1990, and his performance is simply great. But this is simply petulant and pathetic! It’s childish to see him fighting sword battles with men half his age in one of the most fictionally fraught characterisations imaginable. The other Black character from Numidia, another slave, is more convincing but gets chewed alive by a baboon in the arena! That was almost a relief after watching the hysterical sword fights of Mr Washington! Shame on all of these idiots and insane imbeciles posing as Roman impersonators! It’s pedantic and almost frantic, reaching heights of insanity at times, as everyone is slain except the two opponents — Denzel and Mescal — and then they duel to the last. It’s so tedious and tiresome to watch 1,001 sword fights, with bloodsport at its most vulgar. Neither the music, cinematography nor the acting by the two male leads is a patch on the original fictional Roman fantasy. The Geta–Caracalla twin emperors are caricatures of Caligula — a much better movie than this Roman cartoon! The sea battle at the beginning is totally CGI-generated, and the clumsy Roman fleet looks like something from a video game. In short, this is embarrassing and unwatchable. Despite its flaws, *Gladiator* 1 is actually entertaining and touching in its final moments, with the two leads acting well, even though it too was a historical fantasy. Scott needs some restraint. It’s not necessary to throw the entire kitchen sink into a cinematic epic about the Roman Empire.
LuanBunyak
Jan 9, 2025 · via TMDB
This is the story that answers how things went after the first movie. My hopes wasn't great for this part 2 but I was positively surprised. Its a great movie with lots of entertainment. 7/10
FerdinandoLM
Jan 4, 2025 · via TMDB
$250 million, and the best we get is… rabid monkeys? Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 feels like a parody of itself. Pascal’s character is utterly unnecessary, a cardboard figure who exists solely to fill runtime without contributing anything memorable or meaningful. D.W., despite his undeniable talent, is saddled with a bafflingly underwritten role, spouting clunky dialogue as the story collapses around him. As for the central narrative about Maximus Meridius’ son? Trivial and painfully predictable. The "legacy revenge" arc is telegraphed so clearly you could write the script after the first act. No twists, no depth—just a paint-by-numbers retread of the original’s emotional beats. Glory to Dondus indeed.
RalphRahal
Dec 29, 2024 · via TMDB
When Ridley Scott decided to revisit Gladiator, it sounded like an opportunity to expand on one of the greatest historical epics. Instead, we got a rehash that feels more like a missed opportunity than a bold sequel. The first act rushes through familiar territory. A general, born out of combat, loses his family and ends up as a slave. Sound familiar? It’s the same setup as Maximus’s story, minus the emotional weight. And sending Lucilla’s son away to protect him? That’s not just a weak plot point, it spits on everything Maximus and Marcus died for. The second act brings nothing new to the table. The “twist” is predictable, the plot messy, and the villains uninspired. Commodus worked because he was layered, a mix of insecurity and cruelty. Here, the two emperors are generic placeholders. Even the attempted coup feels like déjà vu, with none of the intensity or buildup that made the first movie iconic. The third act delivers a visually stunning battle but lacks substance. The final showdown offers nothing fresh, and the death of the antagonist in front of everyone feels like it’s trying to copy the original. The speech about “Maximus and Marcus’s dream”? We’ve heard it before, and it meant more the first time. What was the point of that last scene? There were so many ways to end this movie with a high note, something meaningful to honor Lucilla or Acacius. Instead, we get a hollow, pointless ending that adds nothing to the story. Credit where it’s due: the cinematography, CGI, and score are outstanding. Visually, the movie is a masterpiece, with breathtaking scenery and polished editing. The music, while clearly inspired by the original, carries the mood well. But great visuals can’t save a story that refuses to move forward. Gladiator 2 had potential, but it’s stuck trying to recreate past glory instead of delivering something new. It’s visually impressive but ultimately hollow.
Chandler Danier
Dec 14, 2024 · via TMDB
Denzel is a badass. I love Denzel. He does the tongue thing from Joaquin's role in the first. Not even he could save this pile of crap. The CGI somehow is worse than the original. Historical battles are cool but not even historical battles could save this pile of crap. The Mandalorian is cool. Not even the Mandalorian could save this pile of crap. It's a pile of crap.
Elif Duru Alaca
Nov 27, 2024 · via TMDB
After many years, the sequel of the movie is really great, go to the cinema and watch it.
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