Warning: Spoilers ahead for Gladiator II!Maximus from Gladiator is one of the most heroic movie characters of all time, but Gladiator II proves that he could also be viewed as a villain.

Pedro Pascal's Gladiator 2 role was an exciting bit of casting leading up to the movie, but it unfortunately ended up being a lot of wasted potential by avoiding a more complicated approach.

Gladiator 2 trailer finally shows how deeply it connects to Ridley Scott's original movie, from some returning characters to Maximus' legacy after his death. The highly-anticipated sequel stars ...

The movie was a smash hit at the box office ... Russell Crowe as Maximus (R) and Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Maximus escapes his execution and he races home to try and ...

Warning - this article contains spoilers for Gladiator II. Gladiator II carries on the epic saga of Maximus Decimus Meridius' (played by Russell Crowe) son Lucius (Paul Mescal), charting his path ...

So, do you need to watch the first movie to understand Scott’s Gladiator II? Scroll down to see the connections between the films below: Gladiator centers around Maximus (remember, that’s ...

The movie hints at some possibilities ... But while the scenes where Lucilla discusses her son with Maximus make Gladiator II‘s revelation feel like a retcon, they’re not definitive proof ...

For the entire movie, the audience is waiting ... No matter how hard Gladiator II tries to make Lucius its Maximus, it falls just short. Maximus always knew his goals: restore order to Rome ...

For one — spoiler alert — Maximus died at the end of the first ... compelled to reach out to Crowe before leading the new Gladiator movie. "Ultimately, I have to stand behind this entirely ...

Similarly to her emotional reunion with Maximus in the first movie, we can likely expect a very emotional reunion when she sees her son in the gladiator pit fighting for his life. Paramount But ...

The story of Gladiator kicks off in 180 AD. In the opening scene, the Roman Empire reaches its zenith under Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), who leads his armies to victory against Germanic ...