Dear Mick LaSalle: Wait. How can Maximus’ son be alive (in “Gladiator II”)? Unless Lucius (Paul Mescal) is the love child of Maximus? Maybe I missed something in “Gladiator.” Katherine ...

Gladiator 2 was without the biggest star from Gladiator, Russell Crowe, but scribe Peter Craig says this wasn’t always the ...

Ridley Scott's original Gladiator movie was a massive hit, scoring a sequel even after over two decades. According to one of ...

Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 begins with a similar note as his 2000 movie, where Hanno (Paul Mescal), who is the son of the ...

Even accepting that Maximus heroically perished at the end of the original movie, there was absolutely no reason that Maximus couldn't appear to his son Lucius (Paul Mescal) or his former lover ...

That's Lucius (Mescal), the son of Marcus Aurelius' daughter ... feeling more like a successor to Maximus' mission than a carbon copy. Ultimately, "Gladiator II" works better as an action flick ...

Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus ... The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire ...

The long-awaited sequel to “Gladiator” didn’t make it into the Oscar arena this year but that doesn’t mean it lacks charm. In many ways, it’s a second take on the first film (which won ...

Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus ... The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire ...