Gladiator II” thrives on blood – heads role, arms get sliced, arrows pierce everyone. But it’s not as repetitive as some war ...

In “Gladiator II,” Paul Mescal is the outsider ... things and getting unchecked buy-in from most of them. Director Ridley Scott knows which themes he needs to repeat from the first film ...

Yup, monkeys. Twenty-four years after “Gladiator,” Ridley Scott is back with more swords, sandals and … a rhino. Yes, that horned mammal makes its way into the Colosseum this time ...