What likely confused them is that what they visit today in Italy is not how the thing was when it was first built. In its latest form, it was really impossible to flood. And they got that engineering part correct lol The problem is that it was not always like that. It used to have much less stuff underground and it was possible to flood the arena. As curiosity, by the time in which the movies supposedly happen, it was no longer possible to flood lol
@@Banished-rx4ol I wouldn't call this a fact though. Nobody is still alive to confirm this. I have my doubts this theory that people treat as fact actually happened.
i liked it when you said "I'm gonna copy the Morbin Time meme too, because it's the laziest most uncreative comment one can possibly write", and then you started writing the Morbin Time meme in your comment but you changed "Morbin' all over the place" to "gladiating all over the place" like the comedic genius you are
Anyone who appreciated the meaning behind the line “are you not entertained!” From the first film, will recognize the irony in bloodlust being the only reason this sequel is “entertaining” for anyone.
I was entertained by Gladiator 2, for me the final duel and speech of that movie justified everything. Nice too know Maximus’s unknowingly had a 2nd son who indeed did grow up, turn into a good fighter & (heavily implied) too became emperor of Rome. Gladiator 10/10. Gladiator two 7/10. The sequel is driven by overly realistic premise to make it happen but the payoff is worth it. I appreciate it for what it represents for the grand scheme of Maximus legacy knowing his bloodline didn’t die with him and his son became the good version of Commodes. Someone who had an automatic birthright or at least a vary strong claim to the throne but also had the right moral compass to be trusted with it as well.
I find this to be tantalizingly accurate...When I was in the theater: I saw this movie in XD from a Cinemark Theater...I wondered why I was so enraptured with the visuals and how bombastic it was...but when I stopped for a MOMENT to compare it to the original, I realized that it wasnt for the same reasons...
@@jasonkolker i mean they speak english for the audience to understand, don't really see the problem with having some english writing for the same reasons.
It was trash. But it was a delightfully funny bad watch for me. I truly was riveted at every wrong decision made here and there. And the final act does not make up for it. It is actually rushed, has no build up from the butchered nature of the edit, and feels unearned thanks to how bland and a charisma vacuum Paul Blanscal is.
Naumachia. Only used as a convenient way to get rid of excess slaves though. Same as the venationes(beast hunts). Formal gladiators belonging to a specific class were far too expensive to pit against each other en masse. Gotta make those last.
nah, it was done 3-4 times max as far as sources go...it was not a regular thing. after they did it they also found that it damages the foundations (duhh)...so it was a bad idea anyways.
@@TNM001 the dude said water was "an actual thing" and your reply is "nah, it was done 3-4 times"? so what you are saying is it was "an actual thing"... no one said anything about it happening regularly
They have to say stuff like that or they will be bombarded by general audience brainlets. People can't handle criticism without it being as sugar-coated as possible.
Why is there still no movie set in the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage? You know, the wars that made Rome conquer land outside of Italy for the first time and where they came close to be erased from history 3 times? With all madness that happened in them like insane sea battles and land battles with elephants, storms that wiped out entire armies, and all these different well documented characters from Aemilianus (who returned to Carthage as a POW when being sent back Rome by the Carthaginians to ask them to make peace but instead told them to fight to the bitter end) to Hannibal Barcas and the legendary Scipio Africanus you could easily make a LotR quality trilogy and you dont even need a screenplay for that. Interstingly, there is one short segment in the newest Indiana Jones movie which is the only movie to show a part of the Punic wars, the Siege of Syracuse by the Romans, with the famous inventor Archimedes taking part in it. It was the most interesting part of that movie.
It's so strange that a random guy on the internet can come up with story ideas for films that are much more interesting and awesome than anything Hollywood does. Hollywood has the historical knowledge of a toddler lol.
Hollywood hates making historical movies, any movies they make are always repeats of other eras already done, so many interesting stories are glossed over.
@@donovan5656Perhaps, but overall there are more people interested in learning history as well and also historical films are becoming more popular, so I’m sure they can try at least, especially since they’re making Hannibal movie, as well as Cleopatra, and Joan of Arc. We’ll see if they end up being good however.
@@sohailanjum7 i think it needed some additional editing The first movie told its plot in between its battles, but this sequel once the battles were done still had like 40 minutes of plot to cover, this movie thought it had to reach the gladiator battle right away, but the original movie took its time before its first arena fight
@@xBonafidexProdigy Disappointing compared to the original. Had good production values, decent acting. I rarely give 5s and 4s unless its bad. Was still above average for me.
Disagree, there was no danger to Matt Damons character whatsoever. Every time something went wrong he always had the answer. Boring and overated. The Duellist was far more interesting
But even the character being competitive doesn't make any sense. One was battle hardened and training... the other sat in a chair drinking wine@Zdravdrat
Ugh, films have fallen SOO far that he sees this as good. If he watched the first movie right before this, and then watched this, he would NOT even consider this a 3/10. The first movie is a 10/10. Also Denzel is being himself, he didn't even do an accent, like dude you are acting in a PERIOD movie, can't do an accent?
@@dahalofreeek in a period movie they could at least treat 1 accent as the region to make it consistent. Then again, Gladiator was also never made to be historically accurate. These movies are not like Rome tv series that has more historical accuracy
@@dahalofreeek You know which accent DEFINITELY did not exist back then? An American one. We're not asking every character to speak Latin, just avoid things that everyone know didn't exist and would otherwise break the immersion.
Wait, now you know. Hollywood's original script is always bad. Even for well known Producers and writers. The majority of good Hollywood movies come from a book, novels, or adaptation of other genres like animation.
This movie is about as realistic and accurate as 300. Man eating baboons on steroids! A rhino being ridden on and being used to fight! Sharks in the colosseum! At least the first one was grounded in realism in terms of gladiatorial combat.
@@randomanton So you think something is wrong with my thinking in that I didn't expect 300 to be historically accurate? Perhaps it had something to do with the giant dude with blades for arms, or the eight foot tall Xerxes. I'm not the one who seems like they bumped their head.
@@Gamebent1If people haven’t read the graphic novel, or knew it existed, I can see how someone would think it might be somewhat historically accurate going in? Honestly it follows history fairly decently apart from the obvious Hollywood inserted stuff. Persian and Xerxes appearances/ Ephialtes hunchback/ monsters/etc. Expecting realism though? On drugs.
Guys, please stop with the 'you're going to be mad'. We just want YOUR opinions and thoughts. For me, this movie was a miss and had me rolling my eyes with all the unnecessary CGI, overly pathetic script and plot that didn't make sense to me. And Denzel, oh my, please stop playing the Training day cop - it feels so inappropriate here. That scene with slitting the emperor's throat had me burst out laughing. Gladiator 2 has no soul, unfortunately.
At least they warn people ahead of time, and that is so i dont have to watch the review, not as an insult I don't need people to tell me If a movie is good I'll watch it for myself and make my own mind up people can end up missing out on something fantastic just because someone told them not to go and see it
Why all the tip toeing? Give your opinion and stand by it. I know you're not allowed to like what others don't like and dislike what others do, but f those people.
They aren't tip toeing imo. It's complicated. The movies fun and entertaining, but has no substance. That's why they come off of two minds: the fan and the critic.
Nah I just got back and feel the same. Theres some really good and just some bad. It’s not tip toeing. There’s some quality stuff in here and I’m happy with the ending, then there’s some of the CGI fights like the monkey and ship fight . If stuff like that bothers you, it really will along with some of the story. Still, there is actually a lot of good here. It’s just brought down. I have a regal pass and didn’t feel like my time was wasted. Love the first movie. Watched zero trailers for this and knowing it wouldn’t live up to the first. Still walked out “entertained.” There’s good and bad. This one is up to what bothers you as a movie goer. It’s not as good as the first for sure. If you want the first, this will suck. If you’re like “alright cool, more gladiator” with a closed ending, you’ll have fun.
@@broodwarjc1517 it's clearly meant to be a hypnotic take on alternate history though; everything is loosely based with a multitude of creative liberties taken
Pedro Pascal wasn't in the movie as much as it was advertised, I dont know if he was a later addition, budget constraints, etc but I think the movie would had a tighter plot if he wasnt there at all, there are chunks of the movie where he is forgotten at all
Yes he was late addition and there are reports going around that Pedro Pascal was only hired to fulfill the mandatory DEI checks because Pedro is considered South American and non-white.
"I was bored, bad script, the plot was bad, the actors rang hollow, their speeches really held everything back, i'm not motivated, no heart." But it's not a bad movie guys! 5 out of 10, not bad! Come on now guys, let's not slop up garbage just because Hollywood can't give us much.
@@DRod1517 There are far worse things than boredom. At least he didn't hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. 😂 But I think they were rating it as a brainless popcorn film not as the same level as a best picture contender.
I think that comes from comparing Gladiator 1 to this movie. They said if you watched this as a stand alone it would be an entertaining watch. I agree with the sentiment. I was entertained by the action for the most part, but as “Gladiator 2”… it rang hollow for sure.
There are thousands of years of Roman culture and yet Hollywood is trying to convince us that this tired in-name-only sequel is the only part worth telling. The US film industry is collapsing and we're watching it in real time.
Ridley's films suffer from him rushing his projects, best example is Prometheus, it had EVERYTHING to be it's own thing yet as great as Alien, and he half ass'd EVERY segment.
Terrible movie. The main character had no charisma and screen presence. Why did he roll dirt in his hand in the arena!? Why would he do something a farmer would do and happened to do what his father he never knew did!? Him being the son of a man who obviously cheated, that same man whose entire story was revenge for his family he loved was anger inducing. Pedro pascal should have been the main character! The two armies at the end cheering him … why !? Awful CGI He has zero bond with his fellow gladiators and they follow him for no reason. The jailbreak made zero sense. It needed NO link to the first film at all. Ridley Scott AGAIN with memberries. Stop making films Ridley!!!
Be honest guys. Tell us what you think. I don’t mind if you don’t like it. If it’s bad it’s bad. Enough with the turn your brain of you’ll like it. Most people watching you have brains that they like to use.
The fact they didn't get hanz zimmer back for the music for me was the biggest turn off and the music from hgw was crap but i guess hanz did not want to return because he new the story was weak ad did not have the emotional heart of the original
Didn't Ridley Scott brag about how this movie used AI-enhanced CGI to make it even better than normal CGI and all the monkeys and sharks looked worse than usual?
Good review, but I really enjoyed Alex in this one. He did his usual critiques, but then still argued for having a higher score than OJ and AJ gave it and still recommended going to see it.
Finally saw it, honestly it was fine except for the main guy. He was literally a charima vacuum and felt more out of place than the cgi animals that added nothing to the scenes they were in. Love him or hate him but Denzel was the only person actually trying to make anything interesting actually happen.
@@kh7688 hahaha thats pretty bad when you think about it. Love jaws but yeah that shark looks bad when revisting. So for these sharks to look worst is hilariously bad.
Is it just me or does Joe get salty everytime Alex disagrees with him and tells the truth? I always go with what Alex says because he seems unbiased in his reviews
because aj is the average joe representation (sometimes he's ace joe, sometimes he's abysmal joe) while alex is the apex critic representation. oj is the lulzy but sometimes also serious wildcard otherworldly joe
@13:40 They did stage naval fights in the Colosseum.. Those events were called The Naumachia... They would divert water from the aqueduct to fill the arena space which took about 4 hours to fill.. Emperor Titus was the first one to hold a Naumachia in the new Colosseum, reenacting the battle between Athens and Syracuse, the ships were modified with flat bottoms to accommodate for the shallow water in the arena...
I gave it a 4 on your scale. Sharks in the coliseum, bad CGI monkeys, story, dialogues, “twist”, editing - I was face palming throughout. Pedro Pascal and Denzel - hot as usual
They put pedro pascal in a lot of movies but i dont think he fits in a lot of them. In my opinion he doesnt fit the role in this movie. And denzel. Same. Great actor but he doesnt fit this role.
I watched Gladiator 1 after watching Gladiator 2 and man does one top this movie. This movie was entertaining, but I was interested more in Pedro's character than I was with the main character. I felt like Pedro resembled more of Maximus than the main character did. Pedro was a general that wanted to stop fighting just like Maximus, He wanted to be home with his family just like Maximus, He had the loyalty of his army just like Maximus, and so on. He was just a great character.
Literally, Maximus died for nothing. What's the point of giving the power to the senate if the senate doesn't take the power. Lucius is at risk from who exactly? The tyrant had just recently deceased not to mention that Geta and Caracalla would be just about Lucius age when Maximus gives his last breath. Gladiator 2 is just a rollercoaster of a mess that never delivers. Who has seen Lucius go from hundreds of Roman soldiers just to meet Macrinus at the bridge sorry, characters are just copy cat from the first one with less depth.
The guy who played Lucius in the first gladiator is still alive and an actor. I'm sure he could have reprised his role and did a better job than the the random guy they got for this.
Joe spends all day at the movies and then talking about the movie then takes the weekend off and wonders why he gets no game reviews done… I’m sure we will hear in the next news clip how he just needs more time guys and he’s very sorry he hasn’t gotten around to anything. I wish he would just come out and say he doesn’t want to do the work any more and just wants to watch TV and talk to his friends instead of making excuses all the time.
There's no better place to go after watching a bs crazy film than the Angryjoe show, the sound effects for Denzel stabbing Luscio's armour took me out 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Definitely the worst film of 2024. It’s absolutely terrible. The rhino battle was atrocious the first battle didn’t even show how it ended and they just copied all the scenes from the first one.
Agree. It’s like he doesn’t even realise what made that movie tick. The guy has to overcome so many things. Heart wrenching. In gladiator 2 the hero is fully developed from the get go without any resistance. Unbelievably bland. Absolutely ridiculous.
I agree with the rating but Denzel was predictably un-incredible. Absolutely zero range, couldn't even muster together a different accent. I've seen him play this character in probably seven other of his movies. How is that incredible?
The Colosseum was filled with water for ship battles (according to historians). But likely no sharks and it was only about five feet deep. I'd also guess you wouldn't be able to get enough speed to properly ram another ship.
As bad as this movie was, the worst part of all is that Maximus died for basically no reason. He was erased from history having his named scratched out. Oh and his love for wife and child that made me cry 24 years ago was bullshit and max was a dog with a bastard child. Hell, just make another movie with an entire bastard army.
Ridley's actor's direction really shows when he's on auto-mode. He let's people do their thing, that's why you get Denzel doing Denzel instead of the character he's playing.
Which is baffling considering these movies cost 250-300 million dollars and are supposed to have a degree of professional polish and authenticity. Yet fanboys always make the excuse "just turn your brain off and enjoy".
@@karannegi7199 In a way it makes sense, any filmmaker will tell you, making big movies makes you lazy, cause there's 2 people for EVERYTHING you need. That's why they cost as much as they do. Especially Pedro and Denzel. Making small movies is where it's at, a good crew with their heart in it and using their brain can make a small movie look like the big one, and a bad crew makes a big movie look "small". You got fan boys, and you got the general audiences, they don't know what they're watching, I can't blame them really. What's the general IQ world wide? 80-ish realistically?
@@alltheflavors9673 Getting 350 mil. out of a 100+ invested ain't really a success. The script was piss-poor, the stuffing of a dead man in the roll of the android was not only done poorly but in poor taste, the characters make more of the same dumb decisions(well the script writer does) the director of it is know for polishing other people's shit, as he did this time. It's a homage to Ridley, but... It's an excuse to rehash the same shit we've seen already in better Alien movies. It's paced TERRIBLY especially the 3rd act. The xeno's make moronic and nonsensical decisions(the script, again) the speed of it's growth is getting more ridiculous as movies go on for NO fkn reason, again, the music is stocky AF, the main character is what, a fkn child? The Intro's rushed with no actual reason. What's left is Ok. It's almost on a Pray(Predator) level of "quality", meaning a hair strand better, but not much more.
Lmao. Yall ever notice anytime some one starts dogging a movie Joe looks at his computer screen almost like he’s not listening? I’ve noticed it in a lot of their reviews, especially with Alex.
@ but it always happens to be when one of the others(mostly Alex), is speaking negative? And then he always says a remark like this one for Alex to turn his critic brain off. lol.
I walked out. I think it is bad. The slow dramatic shots are too long and the action scenes are too choppy. Ridley Scott has lost it. The story is too coincidence driven and the lead was strong at all. The CGI baboons were also terrible. And to start with more wheat based caressing when Rebel Moon did it to death. I know he walks through fields in the first one, but the seeds back and forth to start were laughably bad.
Been waiting for this review. I saw it and while the original is a 12/10 for me (fav movie of all time), the sequel is a 7/10 imo. Good movie, but nothing close to the first. I did like Denzel's character he was the best part.
@@dustindubbo2892 The original is my favorite movie of all time, but I, unlike so many have and will, did not go to it to compare it to the first. If you do that, it will lose every time. But as it's own thing, I think it's perfectly fine. I was satisfied, overall.
Main lead was solid. Got chills from his speak. Problem with people who didn’t… you are clinging on to something 24 years ago and went in with clear biased. However, was the script mid? Yes. It was mid, but for a character such as Lucius, very likable screen presence. Very Roman face.
The lack of honesty and constant worry about what the public thinks is making me lose interest in this channel. Joe used to be honest but now he cares WAY too much about catching heat. This movie was objectively horrible and the Joe from a few years ago would give this a 2 or 3.
The movie is terrible saying the fight scenes bring it up 😂😂 the fight scenes arent that good and all the fight scenes combined is like 20 maybe 25 minutes.
I actually loved this movie. My only gripe is that they link it with the first one too much. Were the main character not related to Maximus but instead more of a spiritual successor to Maximus the movie would be infinitely better.
Don't worry it's reviewers that have ruined the concept of fair ratings and just 10/10 everything that is average. So this makes normal people think a 7 is a fair rating for the same average content. A 7 is way too much. That's a bloody good movie you'd watch multiple times. A 10 is something you will talk about for your entire life, breaks cross demographics and defines a genre. Pulp Fiction, Elvis Presley, The Beatles you know absolute class is not the norm but you'd think it is with modern writers posting reviews they are paid to by the company promoting their movies.
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They actually did fill the Colosseum with water back in the day and have water battles. The sharks were Hollywoodized tho
I wanted friggin sharks with friggin Lazer beams attached to their heads.
Indeed it was called : Naumachie, but they were mostly done next of rivers, more convenient.
@@jagtigerFor small arenas but for the main coliseum in rome they flooded that thing. Had little naval battles must have been a sight to see
What likely confused them is that what they visit today in Italy is not how the thing was when it was first built.
In its latest form, it was really impossible to flood. And they got that engineering part correct lol
The problem is that it was not always like that. It used to have much less stuff underground and it was possible to flood the arena.
As curiosity, by the time in which the movies supposedly happen, it was no longer possible to flood lol
@@Banished-rx4ol I wouldn't call this a fact though. Nobody is still alive to confirm this. I have my doubts this theory that people treat as fact actually happened.
I liked it when Pedro said "I'm Gladiator Too" and started gladiating all over the place
Hopefully the Mountain comes out and squashes his face again!
I hear Russell paid them not to be in this one...
It's Gladiating Time!
i liked it when you said "I'm gonna copy the Morbin Time meme too, because it's the laziest most uncreative comment one can possibly write", and then you started writing the Morbin Time meme in your comment but you changed "Morbin' all over the place" to "gladiating all over the place" like the comedic genius you are
Glatiator 2, get it? ;)
Anyone who appreciated the meaning behind the line “are you not entertained!” From the first film, will recognize the irony in bloodlust being the only reason this sequel is “entertaining” for anyone.
Great comment.
Exactly so.
That comment is better than the review.
I was entertained by Gladiator 2, for me the final duel and speech of that movie justified everything. Nice too know Maximus’s unknowingly had a 2nd son who indeed did grow up, turn into a good fighter & (heavily implied) too became emperor of Rome. Gladiator 10/10. Gladiator two 7/10. The sequel is driven by overly realistic premise to make it happen but the payoff is worth it. I appreciate it for what it represents for the grand scheme of Maximus legacy knowing his bloodline didn’t die with him and his son became the good version of Commodes. Someone who had an automatic birthright or at least a vary strong claim to the throne but also had the right moral compass to be trusted with it as well.
We're not getting movies like that any more, are we... it's sad how low has Hollywood dropped in quality over the years...
I find this to be tantalizingly accurate...When I was in the theater: I saw this movie in XD from a Cinemark Theater...I wondered why I was so enraptured with the visuals and how bombastic it was...but when I stopped for a MOMENT to compare it to the original, I realized that it wasnt for the same reasons...
Denzel Washington was playing his character Frank Lucas from American Gangster rather than someone from Ancient Rome.
Okay but that’s one of his best roles in any film. I see your point but that’s not the worst thing I’ve heard about this movie.
CGI Monkeys are realisitc compared to friggin SHARKS in the Colosseum!!
he even walked like GTA thug npc
@@austin.....still bad though. He didn’t even try.
Denzel brought more camp to the role than Matt Lucas (he's as camp as it gets).
My Gladiata! - Denzel Washington
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
WE WUZ KANGS 😂
@@urartu_187hilarious 2017 humor😑
My....Lord
EXACTLY WHAT ALEX SAID! Ridley made some incredible movies BACK IN THE DAY, but he lost his touch years ago.
He's only as good as his script. He's useless without a great script.
The last duel was underappreciated
After Tony died a part of Ridley did too
The martian and all the money in the world were good
@@ToejamandEarl1983 that’s what I’m sayin!
An Aliens vs Predator set in Rome would have been more historically accurate then this movie
Lol
The first movie wasn't even historically accurate
I mean that actually sounds sick though lol. Roman soldiers trying to stem a xeno outbreak while the predators hunt them in the background
Shall we have things written in Latin or English?
Ridley Scott: Yes
Lmao! It made no sense
@@jasonkolker i mean they speak english for the audience to understand, don't really see the problem with having some english writing for the same reasons.
I liked when Pedro Pascal said "Vae victis" in Latin and then immediately repeated himself with "Woe to the vanquished" in English.
There is no such things as Gladiator 1 and Gladiator 2.
There is Gladiator, and then there is this turd.
Lol exactly
So glad im not going insane. This movie was so trashy in comparison.
Well theres a third one in the works. And I am not joking
@@Autobotmatt428 I tend to believe that...
It was trash. But it was a delightfully funny bad watch for me. I truly was riveted at every wrong decision made here and there. And the final act does not make up for it. It is actually rushed, has no build up from the butchered nature of the edit, and feels unearned thanks to how bland and a charisma vacuum Paul Blanscal is.
water inside the colosseum was an actual thing, no sharks tho
What!? Do you mean to say they just made up Sharknado??? 🤯
Naumachia. Only used as a convenient way to get rid of excess slaves though. Same as the venationes(beast hunts). Formal gladiators belonging to a specific class were far too expensive to pit against each other en masse. Gotta make those last.
nah, it was done 3-4 times max as far as sources go...it was not a regular thing. after they did it they also found that it damages the foundations (duhh)...so it was a bad idea anyways.
it was CGI So there.
@@TNM001 the dude said water was "an actual thing" and your reply is "nah, it was done 3-4 times"? so what you are saying is it was "an actual thing"... no one said anything about it happening regularly
“Alex has his critic-brain on”
Aren’t you guys reviewing a movie?
Yes! We want honesty , not pandering to the audience. Alex being honest is good!
Its funny because AJ is usually prattling on about being a "Critic" first.
Alex is always telling it like he sees it with his review
They have to say stuff like that or they will be bombarded by general audience brainlets. People can't handle criticism without it being as sugar-coated as possible.
Yes, this was a conversation.
The mediocreness of this film will echo in eternity.
CGI monkeys, bro… CGI friggin battle monkeys. Let that sink in.
Real monkeys are unpredictable and dangerous
so?
They looked really good though
Who the fuck would use real monkeys in a battle scene? You want stuntmen to die?
Big fuckin deal
Why is there still no movie set in the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage? You know, the wars that made Rome conquer land outside of Italy for the first time and where they came close to be erased from history 3 times? With all madness that happened in them like insane sea battles and land battles with elephants, storms that wiped out entire armies, and all these different well documented characters from Aemilianus (who returned to Carthage as a POW when being sent back Rome by the Carthaginians to ask them to make peace but instead told them to fight to the bitter end) to Hannibal Barcas and the legendary Scipio Africanus you could easily make a LotR quality trilogy and you dont even need a screenplay for that. Interstingly, there is one short segment in the newest Indiana Jones movie which is the only movie to show a part of the Punic wars, the Siege of Syracuse by the Romans, with the famous inventor Archimedes taking part in it. It was the most interesting part of that movie.
Average people don’t know what that is, so Hollywood is afraid to make it.
It's so strange that a random guy on the internet can come up with story ideas for films that are much more interesting and awesome than anything Hollywood does. Hollywood has the historical knowledge of a toddler lol.
a movie about hannibal yes plz, but not by ridley scott😂
Hollywood hates making historical movies, any movies they make are always repeats of other eras already done, so many interesting stories are glossed over.
@@donovan5656Perhaps, but overall there are more people interested in learning history as well and also historical films are becoming more popular, so I’m sure they can try at least, especially since they’re making Hannibal movie, as well as Cleopatra, and Joan of Arc. We’ll see if they end up being good however.
This was a disappointment for me. Yes the battles were good but when the story doesn't tie together I tune out... which I did here. 6/10.
Except the horrible cgi with the animals
lol that's still a pretty good rating fam
@@sohailanjum7 i think it needed some additional editing
The first movie told its plot in between its battles, but this sequel once the battles were done still had like 40 minutes of plot to cover, this movie thought it had to reach the gladiator battle right away, but the original movie took its time before its first arena fight
@@xBonafidexProdigy Disappointing compared to the original. Had good production values, decent acting. I rarely give 5s and 4s unless its bad. Was still above average for me.
You know it's a red flag when Hans Zimmer didn't come back to compose. At lot of the epic-ness of the first movie was due to the phenomenal score.
The martian is ridleys best movie in the past 10 years
which is almost 10 years ago. like saying mass effect 3 was the latest good bioware game. or use any other example you can think of.
The Duellists was a masterpiece.
Disagree, there was no danger to Matt Damons character whatsoever. Every time something went wrong he always had the answer. Boring and overated. The Duellist was far more interesting
The Duel was decent
Prometheius is a great sci fi movie but it has the word alien attached to it so people didn't get what they wanted.
Joe had to FIGHT for this cinematic experience, you can see that lol
Some karen actually punched ANGRY JOE for being less angry than his OG days lol.
Denzel is 69yo and he manages a decent fight against the people's champion? Alright.
He does look great for his age
His character is not 69
its just acting, like Mike Tyson vs some Paul?, you are suppose to suspend your disbelief
But even the character being competitive doesn't make any sense.
One was battle hardened and training... the other sat in a chair drinking wine@Zdravdrat
Yeah tbh out of all the nonsense THAT was the one like WTF!
Ugh, films have fallen SOO far that he sees this as good. If he watched the first movie right before this, and then watched this, he would NOT even consider this a 3/10. The first movie is a 10/10. Also Denzel is being himself, he didn't even do an accent, like dude you are acting in a PERIOD movie, can't do an accent?
Do we even have a concept of what an ancient Roman speaking English would sound like? Italian accents didn't exist because Italian didn't exist.
@@dahalofreeek in a period movie they could at least treat 1 accent as the region to make it consistent. Then again, Gladiator was also never made to be historically accurate. These movies are not like Rome tv series that has more historical accuracy
Latin
@@dahalofreeek You know which accent DEFINITELY did not exist back then? An American one. We're not asking every character to speak Latin, just avoid things that everyone know didn't exist and would otherwise break the immersion.
@@LizardSpork I mean the first one had that in droves as well. Nobody was speaking Latin in the original Gladiator.
Is this all Hollywood is capable of these days? Flashy but hollow mimicry with no heart?
Sadly, yes
It's been like that for at least a decade now.
Ridley Scott is perfect representation of current Hollywood
Don't forget lecturing the audience with obnoxious messaging.
Wait, now you know. Hollywood's original script is always bad. Even for well known Producers and writers. The majority of good Hollywood movies come from a book, novels, or adaptation of other genres like animation.
This movie is about as realistic and accurate as 300.
Man eating baboons on steroids!
A rhino being ridden on and being used to fight!
Sharks in the colosseum!
At least the first one was grounded in realism in terms of gladiatorial combat.
Who the hell watched 300 expecting it to be realistic?
@gamebent1 , did you bump your head?
@@randomanton So you think something is wrong with my thinking in that I didn't expect 300 to be historically accurate? Perhaps it had something to do with the giant dude with blades for arms, or the eight foot tall Xerxes.
I'm not the one who seems like they bumped their head.
@Gamebent1 Right? Wasn't it based off of a graphic novel? Lol
@@Gamebent1If people haven’t read the graphic novel, or knew it existed, I can see how someone would think it might be somewhat historically accurate going in?
Honestly it follows history fairly decently apart from the obvious Hollywood inserted stuff. Persian and Xerxes appearances/ Ephialtes hunchback/ monsters/etc.
Expecting realism though? On drugs.
Guys, please stop with the 'you're going to be mad'. We just want YOUR opinions and thoughts. For me, this movie was a miss and had me rolling my eyes with all the unnecessary CGI, overly pathetic script and plot that didn't make sense to me. And Denzel, oh my, please stop playing the Training day cop - it feels so inappropriate here. That scene with slitting the emperor's throat had me burst out laughing. Gladiator 2 has no soul, unfortunately.
At least they warn people ahead of time, and that is so i dont have to watch the review, not as an insult I don't need people to tell me If a movie is good I'll watch it for myself and make my own mind up people can end up missing out on something fantastic just because someone told them not to go and see it
Flustered Joe Show
Denzel threw me off. Love his acting, it was completely unnecessary in this one
Bro is so scared to be himself that it’s sad to watch. Man up and say what you think, Jesus….
Okay but mario movie was absolute shit and people got pissed at them for calling it out so I can kind of understand
Why all the tip toeing? Give your opinion and stand by it. I know you're not allowed to like what others don't like and dislike what others do, but f those people.
They aren't tip toeing imo. It's complicated. The movies fun and entertaining, but has no substance. That's why they come off of two minds: the fan and the critic.
What a bottle of whiskey does to attention span smh
Yea I don't like how Joe wanted to give this a 7 or 8 but then changed his score to 5 or 6 to align with his friends' opinion.
Nah I just got back and feel the same. Theres some really good and just some bad. It’s not tip toeing. There’s some quality stuff in here and I’m happy with the ending, then there’s some of the CGI fights like the monkey and ship fight . If stuff like that bothers you, it really will along with some of the story. Still, there is actually a lot of good here. It’s just brought down. I have a regal pass and didn’t feel like my time was wasted. Love the first movie. Watched zero trailers for this and knowing it wouldn’t live up to the first. Still walked out “entertained.” There’s good and bad. This one is up to what bothers you as a movie goer. It’s not as good as the first for sure. If you want the first, this will suck. If you’re like “alright cool, more gladiator” with a closed ending, you’ll have fun.
People afraid to criticise denzel but he was definitely over the top in this role.
"That's PoliticSAAA!"
Denzel deserves to have 500 Oscars saying otherwise makes you a rasist.
@ lol feels that way
i love when actors go over the top. thats why i love every nic cage performance.
Pedro Pascal acting was horrible…it had zero emotion…zero era awareness…I don’t know why people praise it
Absolutely - plus that weird Spanish/Latin accent that he used took me straight out.
@@arpitakodagu9854if anything his accent was the closest to what tomans sounded like than english speakers
idiots exist everywhere
Totally agree with you, plus the lead gladiator dude was also totally boring as hell.
@@andrewcollier3495that’s a bad take
This is fkin stupid the dream Maximus died for was not realised this is as pointless as a movie can get,the old man has lost it and should be stopped.
Lol wut ? His son literally became the emperor of Rome.
The dream was never going to be realized as we as the viewer know the Roman Empire collapses eventually.
They did actually fill the colosseum with water and do battles in it. They were called Naumachia.
They did not have sharks though.
@@broodwarjc1517 it's clearly meant to be a hypnotic take on alternate history though; everything is loosely based with a multitude of creative liberties taken
@@OK-fi4yq Carrying a shark from the ocean into a land based arena in Ancient times is a crazy stretch.
they did use alligators
not the one in Rome, under the fight area are the rooms for the gladiators
The first movie did such a good job at showing maximus is a loved leader of men. I never felt that in this movie.
Tarantino said Directors have a sell by date....Scott has passed his....This movie is a weak copy of the original.
We are not entertained
Ridley Scott and David Scarpa should not be a part of any movie ever again. They DESTROYED Napoleon and now they did the same to Gladiator.
Napoleon was awful
Pedro Pascal wasn't in the movie as much as it was advertised, I dont know if he was a later addition, budget constraints, etc but I think the movie would had a tighter plot if he wasnt there at all, there are chunks of the movie where he is forgotten at all
Yes he was late addition and there are reports going around that Pedro Pascal was only hired to fulfill the mandatory DEI checks because Pedro is considered South American and non-white.
You clearly didn't watch the movie lol
Yeah it definitely felt like some of his scenes got cut out for time.
"I was bored, bad script, the plot was bad, the actors rang hollow, their speeches really held everything back, i'm not motivated, no heart." But it's not a bad movie guys! 5 out of 10, not bad! Come on now guys, let's not slop up garbage just because Hollywood can't give us much.
Giving something a 5/10 is not "slopping up garbage" lmao
@k--music when you say 5/10 isn't bad with the quote above, it is.
All worked up over a gladiator 2 review like a straight up neigh gegga
@@DRod1517 There are far worse things than boredom. At least he didn't hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. 😂
But I think they were rating it as a brainless popcorn film not as the same level as a best picture contender.
I think that comes from comparing Gladiator 1 to this movie. They said if you watched this as a stand alone it would be an entertaining watch. I agree with the sentiment. I was entertained by the action for the most part, but as “Gladiator 2”… it rang hollow for sure.
There are thousands of years of Roman culture and yet Hollywood is trying to convince us that this tired in-name-only sequel is the only part worth telling. The US film industry is collapsing and we're watching it in real time.
they deserve it. AI is going to rule.
Nobody cares about Roman history.
Ridley's films suffer from him rushing his projects, best example is Prometheus, it had EVERYTHING to be it's own thing yet as great as Alien, and he half ass'd EVERY segment.
Terrible movie. The main character had no charisma and screen presence. Why did he roll dirt in his hand in the arena!? Why would he do something a farmer would do and happened to do what his father he never knew did!?
Him being the son of a man who obviously cheated, that same man whose entire story was revenge for his family he loved was anger inducing.
Pedro pascal should have been the main character!
The two armies at the end cheering him … why !?
Awful CGI
He has zero bond with his fellow gladiators and they follow him for no reason.
The jailbreak made zero sense.
It needed NO link to the first film at all.
Ridley Scott AGAIN with memberries. Stop making films Ridley!!!
Lucius was badly written, the actor could not help it.
The gladiatiors following Lucius made no sense. He had not even revealed to them.who. he is.
He literally said who he was right before the fight
@@averagegamer8925 I saw he did before two armies in the end
doesn't mean Maximus cheated, it could have been a relationship before his wife but yeah, it was bad
He didn’t cheat , it’s touched upon in the first movie that he had a relationship with Lucilla , before being married
And Ridley dared to lie, this was his best film ?! Bro. 😂
You will never top " My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius"
its a vile copy of My name is Inigo Montoya, from the princess bride.
Be honest guys. Tell us what you think. I don’t mind if you don’t like it. If it’s bad it’s bad. Enough with the turn your brain of you’ll like it. Most people watching you have brains that they like to use.
What they're not understanding is that the first gladiator was mostly a turn your brain off and enjoy, but it's done well
It's not bad it's just painfully average.
are you drunk? they did tell us what they think and simply the past reviews prove they dont hold back.
So original script was Russel Crowe becoming the God Emperor of Mankind
The fact they didn't get hanz zimmer back for the music for me was the biggest turn off and the music from hgw was crap but i guess hanz did not want to return because he new the story was weak ad did not have the emotional heart of the original
Didn't Ridley Scott brag about how this movie used AI-enhanced CGI to make it even better than normal CGI and all the monkeys and sharks looked worse than usual?
It's a real shame Ridley Scott is focussing on a lot of bad sequel ideas. His last great movie was The Last Duel in my opinion.
Absolutely 💯
The last dual is lightly underated I totally agree
Good review, but I really enjoyed Alex in this one. He did his usual critiques, but then still argued for having a higher score than OJ and AJ gave it and still recommended going to see it.
Finally saw it, honestly it was fine except for the main guy. He was literally a charima vacuum and felt more out of place than the cgi animals that added nothing to the scenes they were in. Love him or hate him but Denzel was the only person actually trying to make anything interesting actually happen.
They actually did fill the colosseum with water
100 percent but sharks......haha
Who cares? They never had CGI sharks that look worse than the one from Jaws...from 50 years ago.
@@kh7688 hahaha thats pretty bad when you think about it. Love jaws but yeah that shark looks bad when revisting. So for these sharks to look worst is hilariously bad.
Crocodiles or Alligators is what they used, knowing how Sharks shark made this laughable.
they used to use hippos as well. more dangerous than a shark
The lead guy looks like a gym bro
In some angles he did kind of look like he could be related to Phoenix. The other emperor twin as well
Shit was so horrible I was so sad
13:39 the colosseum was indeed filled with water and held naval battles. No sharks
Glad you said it. I was getting annoyed at how certain he was.
Yeah, it astounds me how confident Joe is with his ignorance. But, I have learned to just smile and nod rather than get angry.
Yeah, they're dumb when it comes to actual history. But yeah, there weren't sharks
Is it just me or does Joe get salty everytime Alex disagrees with him and tells the truth? I always go with what Alex says because he seems unbiased in his reviews
because aj is the average joe representation (sometimes he's ace joe, sometimes he's abysmal joe) while alex is the apex critic representation. oj is the lulzy but sometimes also serious wildcard otherworldly joe
Just a buddy still trying to agree but disagree. Nothing wrong with that.
@@kukuhimanputraraharja8084this is the best characterisation of these guys ever said. Wish more people got this 😂
@@jakejenner8222 You only really get Ace Joe in game reviews. He's lucky Alex is here for my validation because he never misses
From Jay-Z rap song in the trailers to CGI sharks and Denzel with a New York accent in ancient Rome.... i think maybe its time Ridley Scott retires.
@13:40 They did stage naval fights in the Colosseum.. Those events were called The Naumachia... They would divert water from the aqueduct to fill the arena space which took about 4 hours to fill..
Emperor Titus was the first one to hold a Naumachia in the new Colosseum, reenacting the battle between Athens and Syracuse, the ships were modified with flat bottoms to accommodate for the shallow water in the arena...
Other Joe is going to be missing all that Columbian snow candy, lol.
🤔😂🤫
And colombian ASS too
The Emperors Were Logan And Jake Paul…
Emperor Caracalla should be a mix of Ramsey Bolton and Stalin in terms of character not the bad Emperor Nero caricature that we got!
Nero was a clown in this movie
No. Just no. No story, poor acting and wost writing since Lord fo the rings the rings of power.
That dog ahh show isn't lotr 😹😹atleast not in my head lol
I gave it a 4 on your scale. Sharks in the coliseum, bad CGI monkeys, story, dialogues, “twist”, editing - I was face palming throughout. Pedro Pascal and Denzel - hot as usual
They were the worst part of the movie
They put pedro pascal in a lot of movies but i dont think he fits in a lot of them. In my opinion he doesnt fit the role in this movie. And denzel. Same. Great actor but he doesnt fit this role.
You should have seen him at those diddy parties
but pointy wood stick earns it a 7/10
I fought the urge to walk out. So dissappointing
Was it OJ or Alex who got AJ in the eye for this😂
I watched Gladiator 1 after watching Gladiator 2 and man does one top this movie. This movie was entertaining, but I was interested more in Pedro's character than I was with the main character. I felt like Pedro resembled more of Maximus than the main character did. Pedro was a general that wanted to stop fighting just like Maximus, He wanted to be home with his family just like Maximus, He had the loyalty of his army just like Maximus, and so on. He was just a great character.
Pedro was so annoying in the movie, nothing about this movie say it's good
Literally, Maximus died for nothing. What's the point of giving the power to the senate if the senate doesn't take the power. Lucius is at risk from who exactly? The tyrant had just recently deceased not to mention that Geta and Caracalla would be just about Lucius age when Maximus gives his last breath. Gladiator 2 is just a rollercoaster of a mess that never delivers. Who has seen Lucius go from hundreds of Roman soldiers just to meet Macrinus at the bridge sorry, characters are just copy cat from the first one with less depth.
No, actually, they really did flood an arena at one point for a gladiator event in real life.
5/10? Joe, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
The guy who played Lucius in the first gladiator is still alive and an actor. I'm sure he could have reprised his role and did a better job than the the random guy they got for this.
Dude isn't random he's in great films - completely miscast here mind
@FB87291 I stopped watching movies from 2016 because of how bad they were getting. Never seen this anywhere.
Cant wait for Hollywood to make Of Mice and Men 2.
Lenny comes back from the dead to pet the rabbits, and George becomes a rodeo clown.
This comment is why I pay for internet 😂
@@CovertPhilosopherBless you, sir lol
@@blok--head7472W reference
Joe spends all day at the movies and then talking about the movie then takes the weekend off and wonders why he gets no game reviews done… I’m sure we will hear in the next news clip how he just needs more time guys and he’s very sorry he hasn’t gotten around to anything. I wish he would just come out and say he doesn’t want to do the work any more and just wants to watch TV and talk to his friends instead of making excuses all the time.
It’s why he got fat too
Pov a whiny ahh cringe grown man baby typed a essay
@@Peekaboo6969 kekw I know writing is hard for you but some of us are a little more capable 💀
@@Peekaboo6969 Calling others "whiny grown men" when you write sentences in brain rot is quite the irony.
Wow you mean he’s a human being with a life ? Oh my gosh that’s so awful. He should just make videos all day for you.
There's no better place to go after watching a bs crazy film than the Angryjoe show, the sound effects for Denzel stabbing Luscio's armour took me out 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
71 % for critics and audience 84% from rotten tomatoe , 7/10 on IMDb
the reviews where bought by ridley himself they are all fake to boost box office.
Definitely the worst film of 2024. It’s absolutely terrible. The rhino battle was atrocious the first battle didn’t even show how it ended and they just copied all the scenes from the first one.
22:48 thank god dude. BE YOURSELF THAT WHY PEOPLE TUNE IN!
Hearing that crazy original script idea made me actually respect Gladiator 2 more than I did.
The Martian was the last great movie Ridley Scott made.
Agree. It’s like he doesn’t even realise what made that movie tick. The guy has to overcome so many things. Heart wrenching. In gladiator 2 the hero is fully developed from the get go without any resistance. Unbelievably bland. Absolutely ridiculous.
Agreed.
not great, mid, just didn't suck so much.
Tard take
i feel like alex and joe just tell each other "f you" the moment the cameras turn off
1:19 OJ a passport bro 🙏😂
There was no reason to make a sequel… Wouldn’t be surprised if they did Braveheart 2 next.
Yup....
Mel Gibson is making Lethal Weapon 5, AND Passion of the Christ 2, so you bet your ass he will be doing Braveheart 2 as well. Hollywood is disgusting.
Was the hardest 6.5 of all time. Denzel was predictably incredible, however.
I agree with the rating but Denzel was predictably un-incredible. Absolutely zero range, couldn't even muster together a different accent. I've seen him play this character in probably seven other of his movies. How is that incredible?
@@Jonas-p4x9h load of waffle
The Colosseum was filled with water for ship battles (according to historians). But likely no sharks and it was only about five feet deep. I'd also guess you wouldn't be able to get enough speed to properly ram another ship.
they tried to sequel something they KNEW they could not match, much less exceed.
His "father" Maximus? Huh?
Maximus Coitus Interuptus
I was bored in that last 30 min till that final fight. Yeah this was not great. 5/10 Its not bad or great its average.
As bad as this movie was, the worst part of all is that Maximus died for basically no reason. He was erased from history having his named scratched out. Oh and his love for wife and child that made me cry 24 years ago was bullshit and max was a dog with a bastard child.
Hell, just make another movie with an entire bastard army.
Ridley's actor's direction really shows when he's on auto-mode. He let's people do their thing, that's why you get Denzel doing Denzel instead of the character he's playing.
Which is baffling considering these movies cost 250-300 million dollars and are supposed to have a degree of professional polish and authenticity. Yet fanboys always make the excuse "just turn your brain off and enjoy".
@@karannegi7199 In a way it makes sense, any filmmaker will tell you, making big movies makes you lazy, cause there's 2 people for EVERYTHING you need. That's why they cost as much as they do. Especially Pedro and Denzel. Making small movies is where it's at, a good crew with their heart in it and using their brain can make a small movie look like the big one, and a bad crew makes a big movie look "small".
You got fan boys, and you got the general audiences, they don't know what they're watching, I can't blame them really. What's the general IQ world wide? 80-ish realistically?
@@4Everlast romulus made money so they are relying on inadvertent people falling for the brand bait and switch.
@@alltheflavors9673 Getting 350 mil. out of a 100+ invested ain't really a success. The script was piss-poor, the stuffing of a dead man in the roll of the android was not only done poorly but in poor taste, the characters make more of the same dumb decisions(well the script writer does) the director of it is know for polishing other people's shit, as he did this time. It's a homage to Ridley, but... It's an excuse to rehash the same shit we've seen already in better Alien movies. It's paced TERRIBLY especially the 3rd act. The xeno's make moronic and nonsensical decisions(the script, again) the speed of it's growth is getting more ridiculous as movies go on for NO fkn reason, again, the music is stocky AF, the main character is what, a fkn child? The Intro's rushed with no actual reason. What's left is Ok. It's almost on a Pray(Predator) level of "quality", meaning a hair strand better, but not much more.
it is definitely no 24 years in the making. It just been that long since first was released.
Lmao. Yall ever notice anytime some one starts dogging a movie Joe looks at his computer screen almost like he’s not listening? I’ve noticed it in a lot of their reviews, especially with Alex.
He has notes about points in wants to reference next.
@ but it always happens to be when one of the others(mostly Alex), is speaking negative? And then he always says a remark like this one for Alex to turn his critic brain off. lol.
I walked out. I think it is bad. The slow dramatic shots are too long and the action scenes are too choppy. Ridley Scott has lost it. The story is too coincidence driven and the lead was strong at all. The CGI baboons were also terrible. And to start with more wheat based caressing when Rebel Moon did it to death. I know he walks through fields in the first one, but the seeds back and forth to start were laughably bad.
Been waiting for this review.
I saw it and while the original is a 12/10 for me (fav movie of all time), the sequel is a 7/10 imo. Good movie, but nothing close to the first. I did like Denzel's character he was the best part.
Yeah honestly it’s a solid 7-8/10 at best. It’s not by any means near the first movie at all, but it’s a fun good film at least and that’s okay.
That’s what I feel; compared to the first movie it’s quite the disappointment. But in its own it’s perfectly acceptable as a B rated movie.
@@dustindubbo2892 The original is my favorite movie of all time, but I, unlike so many have and will, did not go to it to compare it to the first. If you do that, it will lose every time. But as it's own thing, I think it's perfectly fine. I was satisfied, overall.
Denzel was the worst part. Totally took me out of the movie
@@MrThunda51 Exactly my opinion
Main lead was solid. Got chills from his speak. Problem with people who didn’t… you are clinging on to something 24 years ago and went in with clear biased. However, was the script mid? Yes. It was mid, but for a character such as Lucius, very likable screen presence. Very Roman face.
Anyone wondering what happened to A.J.'s eye; I did that.
What happened?
the first one stirred so many emotions in me
The lack of honesty and constant worry about what the public thinks is making me lose interest in this channel. Joe used to be honest but now he cares WAY too much about catching heat. This movie was objectively horrible and the Joe from a few years ago would give this a 2 or 3.
Total crap and ripoff of original movie, 3/10
Bad script, no charisma, poor soundtrack…. So why are you recommending us to watch it 😂
Nothing will ever beat the scene when Galdiator revealed himself to the Emperor.
"I will have my vengeance in this life or the next."
Action scenes were cool. Story execution was beyond awful.
This film was a steaming pile of shit, definitely not entertained. I nearly passed at from laughing at how bad this film was.
It was really underwhelming to be sure.
I expected way more.
And yes, i was not entertained really.
The movie is terrible saying the fight scenes bring it up 😂😂 the fight scenes arent that good and all the fight scenes combined is like 20 maybe 25 minutes.
I actually loved this movie. My only gripe is that they link it with the first one too much. Were the main character not related to Maximus but instead more of a spiritual successor to Maximus the movie would be infinitely better.
Don't worry it's reviewers that have ruined the concept of fair ratings and just 10/10 everything that is average. So this makes normal people think a 7 is a fair rating for the same average content. A 7 is way too much. That's a bloody good movie you'd watch multiple times. A 10 is something you will talk about for your entire life, breaks cross demographics and defines a genre. Pulp Fiction, Elvis Presley, The Beatles you know absolute class is not the norm but you'd think it is with modern writers posting reviews they are paid to by the company promoting their movies.
Kinda? But I don't think it would be that much of a difference considering I kinda forgot he was even the son of the original character.
This movie was excellent. It’s become normal to be contrarian and to complain and be negative about everything.
Mescal, seemingly being shorter than his mother in this bugged me more than it should've. He lacked stature for the role though did look Roman.
skip to 10:20 to get the actual review
Denzel Washington is miscast in this role, I didn’t buy his character. The acting was much better in Gladiator.