When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Aidan Monaghan/Paramount) It’s been 24 years since Ridley Scott’s Gladiator entertained us, but the wait is finally over. That’s right, the visionary director is at last taking us back to Rome, and the Colosseum, for more fight-to-the death duels. You thought tigers were ferocious? Try baboons, rhinos and sharks. But that’s not all. With Joaquin Phoenix’s Emperor Commodus dead, Rome is now under the brutal rule of brothers Geta and Caracalla (Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger), and they’re not the only bad guys in town. Also on antagonist duties is Pedro Pascal’s Roman general Marcus Acacius, who we first meet leading an army in conquering Numidia, and there’s also Denzel Washington’s former slave and power broker Macrinus, now the owner of a stable of gladiators, a scheming politico, and an arms dealer. Into this arena comes Paul Mescal’s Lucius, former heir to the Empire, …
Read More