Denzel Washington brought something to Gladiator 2 that I never expected to see in the sequel: comedy. Macrinus is a laugh ...
Gladiator 2 takes a number of elements directly from the original movie, from character archetypes, narrative arcs, and ...
The tale of making “Gladiator” is every bit as epic as the movie itself ... Epic,” the Roman artillery “launches earthen pots full of oil from huge catapults. While the pots are airborne ...
True, "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe can’t return as Maximus (for obvious reasons), but “Gladiator II” is packed full of nostalgia ... a revolt is already part of the early trailers.
Part of this stems from the fact that Gladiator is an epic but contained narrative. It executes a full and satisfying ... but I’m happy to let the first movie marinate in my brain through ...