Gladiator II - Movie Review

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[jesusangelespinosasalgado]

Paul. Don't. EVER. QUIT. Indie. Films!!!!

[jazzyj]

Denzel kept me engaged and his Machiavellian like performance really elevates the film for me. Solid 7.8/10

[davy]

Based on all of the first batch of reviews for the movie, the overwhelming amount of praise is going to Denzel Washington and that makes him a strong contender for an Oscar nomination in Best Supporting Actor. If he makes it in, it will be his 10th nomination!

[stephaniemoore]

Maybe Paul wasn’t ready for a big movie. It takes time to get there.

[williamreed]

He has the mind of a 5 year old boy. Perfect!

[Roman]

Paul Mescal is going through his "early 00s Colin Farrell phase" of being miscast as a Hollywood leading man when he's really a character actor who happens to be attractive.

[Ms-kn]

Ridley Scott missed his closest chance to get an Oscar trophy if he was the producer of the first Gladiator movie that won Best Picture 😅

[ezracampanelli]

09:48 Cole’s crazy for that monkey impression 🙈

[ssilva]

9:46: That monkey screech harshly lowered my defense! O_O

[Sharpe]

That monkey impression was incredible!!!!

[langleymneely]

Your cat freaked me out SO MUCH as I watched this! I was deliberately trying to find mine so I could find out why my beloved cat Onyx was so talkative and crying!? It took me WAY too long to figure out the meows were coming from my TV! lol😂

[driya]

I loved the first one as a teen. For the new one I went in with low expectations, and I thought it was pretty good. Not great, but good enough. Really liked Connie, Pedro, Denzel and the monkey.
Agree that Paul Mescal's character seems under developed compared to Maximus and his story.

[langleymneely]

POSSIBLE SPOILER AHEAD?…




As a big fan of the first film I have a problem with the “reveal”/retcon I think they’ve hinted towards in this film regarding Maximus’ “secret” lineage. To me if Lucius was actually his Lucilla would have told him before his ultimate death in the first film. If Im right about this retcon I pray its done well but it feels like a tacked on element to ground it as a continuation from Maximus’ story?

[MT-orkz]

Mescal was ridiculously miscast here,

[kwameoluwasomi]

You've said the exact right things about this film. I don't know what other critics are on these days but you guys are locked in.

New sub 👍

[belangiajo]

Just saw Gladiator II. The monkeys were bad, but so was Joseph Quinn's decapitated head... I'm surprised it was so visible on screen for as long as it was.

[singstreetcar]

Did gladiator need a sequel? It's been how many years since the first one

[dasmysteryman]

@09:55 ngl that looked scarier than anything I saw in The Substance

[ClarksCreek]

It's a Queen Hippolyta and Maxwell Lord reunion.

[That_guy_antony_ware]

I actually had a very high expectation and I was very let down. This film was horrible to me. Paul was not strong enough to lead this film at all. Not to compare to Russell, but they keep alluding to him so it’s hard not to. Paul just seemed small and just didn’t have the presence to hold the scenes. This movie just wasn’t it. Story was weak. How the Hell did Denzel take over Rome in a week?? The ending? No development in those emotions. Paul hated his mother in one scene then wanted to protect her and love her and never let her go 5 mins later. It just was not a good film.