Ridley Scott’s latest epic takes his usual sledgehammer to the historical record – but it also sticks curiously close to the ...

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Ridley Scott obviously wanted to do Gladiator II; the reason why is less clear, but Denzel Washington's hammy performance ...

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Few would have guessed Ridley Scott would remain quite this prolific well into his eighties: there has been absolutely no ...

A ship-to shore invasion with fleets of Roman battleships fighting with trebuchets and thousands of archers. A naval duel to ...

The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...

Peter van Agtmael’s images of war and domestic strife are arresting and almost cinematically spare, but it is the careful ...

But as far as late sequels go, Gladiator II is very much not its own thing. A lot of the early action is a rehashing of ...

Paul Mescal is the "mesmerising centre" of Ridley Scott's long-awaited Gladiator sequel, which balances emotional drama and ...

Oscar-winning 'Gladiator', Ridley Scott returns to the colosseum sandbox. The end result is difficult to dismiss but still ...

Gladiator II' certainly had a lot to live up to more than two decades later, but any fans of the original should enjoy themselves here.