Gladiator II finds strength and honor in the well-worn armor of its predecessor. Paul Mescal is adept in the belabored-hero ...

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Gladiator II is both bad history and bad historical fiction, Ridley Scott's maximalism never replicating the charisma of ...

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Gladiator II is the long-awaited sequel to the five-time Academy Award-winning Gladiator from 2000. Once again, legendary director Ridley Scott takes the helm, bringing together an impressive ensemble ...

David Rooney of THR agrees the sequel is “imitative” — more of a remake than a sequel — following its Best Picture-winning predecessor nearly beat for beat. It gets a boost from Denzel Washington, who ...

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Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Connie Nielsen also star in the bruising sword-and-sandal epic, set 15 years after the events of the original Oscar-winning drama.

While it doesn’t come out for just under two weeks, Gladiator 2 reviews are pouring in from critics and the sequel is getting higher review scores than the first.

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.