The public, enraged, cries for the lives of the gladiators and Emperor Commodus points the thumb of his hand up or down, depending on whether the spectators ask for mercy or death. Of course ...

I'm not legally allowed to do that for Ridley Scott's "Gladiator II" because somebody trademarked "thumb reviews" (thank ... the murderous schemes of Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) -- became ...

Maximus gains allies, and among them is his former lover Lucilla, Commodus' sister. She and her son Lucius are stuck under her brother's malicious thumb. It's a film fraught with deadly fights ...

The anticipated feature stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the nephew of the original film’s Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) and son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), who, like that project’s hero Maximus ...

The new film is the sequel to 2000's "Gladiator," which was also directed by Scott and starred Russell Crowe (Maximus) and Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus). The new film stars Paul Mescal (Lucius ...

However, he is betrayed by the emperor’s jealous son, Commodus, who kills Marcus Aurelius and sizes the throne of Rome. After escaping arrest and discovering his family has been murdered by ...

How do you follow Russell Crowe’s iconic Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix’s detestable Emperor Commodus, and all that sweet swords-and-sandals action (plus a best picture Oscar win) and not look silly?

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The action epic, a sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 film, stars Paul Mescal as Hanno, the nephew of the original film’s Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) and son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), who ...