GLADIATOR II
If we were ever going to get a sequel to Gladiator , it was always my thinking that only Ridley Scott could make it, even after all these years. It's easily one his finest pieces of work and now he brings us Gladiator II , a sequel that I had trepidations about yet it blew them away to become a sequel worthy of the name. Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the glory of Rome to its people. Put all your historical inaccuracies aside and strap in for a historical epic only someone like Ridley Scott could deliver this day and age. Gladiator II is a blistering epic that forges its own path in the shadow of Maximus' legacy, the story of a man who came from aristocracy now fighting his way up through the city he once calle
