It is particularly interesting to see an analysis of films like The Last Legion at this current moment, as another major Roman Empire-based film is about to be released.This movie is Gladiator II ...

Gladiator dropped in 2000 — that’s over two decades ago. Ridley Scott directed the film, and Russell Crowe went full beast ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator has everything one could want from a movie set in the ancient world: a Roman general who becomes a gladiator and rises to overthrow a corrupt emperor, plenty of action ...

9 Epic Action Movies to Watch Next if You Love ‘Gladiator II’ Feast on these cinematic battles set in Ancient Rome and beyond. Sharon Knolle. November 26, 2024 @ 6:00 AM.

This time around, the action unfolds 16 years after we closed the book on Russell Crowe's valiant gladiator Maximus, who shuffled off this mortal coil at the end of 2000's "Gladiator," leaving ...

For a modern audience, it’s tempting to valorize the Roman gladiator — strong, brave, fierce — as a masculine ideal. Indeed, ancient Rome has become for many young men an exemplar of a ...