“Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film the first one, a best-picture winner, was in 2001. It’s more a swaggering, sword-and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else.

Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal also star in the sequel that brings superb spectacle and storytelling in equal measure.

Gladiator dropped in 2000 — that’s over two decades ago. Ridley Scott directed the film, and Russell Crowe went full beast ...

Additionally, the sound design in "Gladiator II" builds the aura of many of the movie's battle, crowd and revelatory scenes. "Gladiator II," as a movie, is great, but I have one issue.

Gladiator II (or Gladiator 2, if you prefer Arabic numerals) welcomes movie fans back to the arena 24 years after the release of Gladiator, with director Ridley Scott once again behind the camera ...

T he story of Gladiator II takes place years after the first film, but the movie still honors what came before it every chance it gets. In Gladiator II, Paul Mescal plays Lucius, the son of ...

In the first movie, Maximus was a combat general, so, of course, he was going to be formidable in the arena. But here we have an angry young man, a lost prince, so we talked a lot about how and ...

“Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film the first one, a best-picture winner, was in 2001. It’s more a swaggering, sword-and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else.

In a movie where everyone nurtures some secret, few stay hidden long. Foremost among them is Lucius Verus, a warrior in Numidia who’s taken prisoner and forced to fight as a gladiator.

Ridley Scott's "Gladiator II" returns to the Coliseum with Denzel Washington's captivating performance as a power broker. Expect epic battles, political intrigue, and thrilling spectacle.

Movie Review | ‘Gladiator II,’ with Denzel Washington, goes back into the arena November 14, 2024 by Jake Coyle, The Associated Press ...

“Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film the first one, a best-picture winner, was in 2001. It’s more a swaggering, sword-and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else.