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After 24 years, Ridley Scott brings audiences a chance to re-enter the Colosseum for another round, with 'Gladiator II' - and I was indeed entertained.
Following the now older, and more hench, Lucius from the first outing, the sequel reminds you what made the first film so epic and mesmerising, whilst also looking to create something new for this current generation. There is that feeling of familiarity with its plot and character journey, however, its certainly all forgiven once the gladiator-ing commences.
The scale of the film, at times, is off the chart. And with a stacked cast of Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielson, Joseph Quinn, and more, it seems too easy to say that there really wasn't a bad performance in here - but I'll say it anyways; there really wasn't a bad performance in this 2 and half hour, Rom ...
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