Gladiator 2 Continues Ridley Scott’s Most Divisive Historical Movie Trend

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 is a hugely exciting follow-up to the director’s Best Picture winner, yet there are concerns about the sequel continuing the filmmaker’s worst trend when it comes to the accuracy of his historical movies. The original Gladiator, which followed the powerful reign of Roman Emperor Commodus from the perspective of one fictional soldier seeking revenge against him, tells a powerful story about vengeance, conflict, and betrayal. The 2000 film has come to represent everything audiences love about the historical genre, even if there are some aspects of the story that have proved to be controversial and divisive among viewers.