Lucius’ anger with the system clashes with his devotion to the ideals of strength and honor espoused by Maximus, which provides some nice conflict for Mescal to play with in Gladiator II’s ...

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Gladiator 2 is out now (in UK theaters, that is – US audiences have a little longer to wait), bringing us the long-awaited follow-up to Ridley Scott's Roman epic after almost 25 years.

24 years on from the original, Gladiator 2 has finally arrived on our ... On the night that they try to free Lucius, both of them are arrested. It's decided that Lucius and Acacius will meet ...