Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the glory of Rome to its people.
When I first heard about this movie I thought that it was total desperation to go back to the well 25 years later but they actually pulled it off excellently. They did it in a way that actually made it make sense for the large time gap. Only two knocks I could make against the movie iis that maybe they should have made Connie NIelson age like a day or so since it's been 24 years. Also - maybe Denzel Washington could have attempted to try like a slight Roman accent? Just seemed kind of out of place. But outside of those two things the story was great, the acting was great (especially the one goofy twin emperor that stole every scene he was in) and the action was awesome.
I would definitely recommend that people check this movie out. It was a very enjoyable epic movie just like the original. Very pleasant surprise!
