Paul Mescal stars in the new trailer for Gladiator 2
HOLD onto your loin cloths, the sword swinging, Colosseum commanding Gladiator is back – this time in the shape of Irish hunk, Paul Mescal.Having witnessed the death of his slave-turned-Gladiator dad, young Lucius is sent away to Africa, where, as an adult, he fights for his freedom.
During this unsuccessful attempt, his wife is killed by Marcus and he is dragged to Rome where he is picked to fight for the amusement of the young emperors and brothers, Caracalla and Geta under the teachings of Macrinus .Fighting giant monkeys, rhinos and even sharks with his bare hands, this guy is a machine. And the Romans seem to have the same budget ofto successfully fill a colosseum into a terrifying theme park full of sea water and Great Whites, merely for entertainment.
The skin-crawling sibling emperors, who could be characters straight out of The League of Gentleman, are also very watchable stand-ins for the sickening Mescal delivers much of his dialogue in a flat tone, saving his energy for the fight sequences where he’s spectacular.being a Colosseum compere, Tim McInnerny as camp conspirator Thraex and one of our greatest living actors, Sir Derek Jacobi, playing a bloke that opens a couple of doors. But hey, if Ridley Scott calls, what you gonna do?
Yes, it's camp and sometimes laughably ridiculous, but this adrenaline film has not gone down without a fight.
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