CHICAGO – It’s supremely silly and overlong, but against my better judgment I actually found myself liking “Gladiator II.” I wasn’t that big a fan of the original “Gladiator” which I found to be a ...

The film takes place 16 years after Russell Crowe’s Maximus went to the big chariot race in the sky. Paul Mescal stars as Maximus, heretofore unknown as the lost son Lucius who was given away by his ...