Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: "Gladiator II," reviewed.
Chris Klimek
Pedro Pascal and Paul Mescal get down to it. (Paramount)
“Gladiator was the one where Ridley Scott revived the sword-and-sandals genre that had been dormant for decades while also managing to suggest that our addiction to spectacle—one he himself had then been nurturing for 20 years—might not be altogether healthy, for individuals or democracies.
“Gladiator II is the one where he throws in a CGI shark. “
My Washington City Paper of the unlikely 24.5-years-later sequel is here.