The much-awaited sequel of the 2000 film Gladiator, Gladiator – II held its first-ever screening on Friday last night. The film screening was conducted among a large number of people, with its reactions already going out on social media. The screening took place at The Paramount Studios in Los Angeles with several movie critics and media outlets seeming ready to rate their stars.
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00:00The much-awaited sequel of the 2000 film Gladiator, Gladiator 2 held its first-ever screening
00:05on Friday last night.
00:07The film's screening was conducted among a large number of people, with its reactions
00:10already going out on social media.
00:12The screening took place at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, with several movie
00:16critiques and media outlets seeming ready to rate their stars.
00:22Right after the early screening of the film, Twitter was filled with post-reactions of
00:26the moviegoers that broadly hinted towards the movie's upcoming success.
00:30With Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Paul Meskill in the film, Gladiator 2 is directed
00:35by Ridley Scott, who also made the first part nearly two decades ago in the year 2000.
00:42The film sees Meskill playing a grown-up Lucius, a nephew to Emperor Commodus from the original
00:47film, played by Joaquin Phoenix.
00:49Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to battle, not as a ruler, but
00:54as a gladiator out for revenge and power, and seeks to return to the glory of Rome to
00:59its people.
01:00The first trailer that released in July also racked up a total of 215 million global cross-platform
01:05views in just a few days.
01:09Most of the first reactions from attendees at the first Los Angeles screening have been
01:13positive.
01:14Jillian Schillingerian from Offscreen Central wrote, engraved Denzel Washington's name on
01:19the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Gladiator 2, right this instance.
01:23Scott Mann's KTLA contributor called the movie an epic sequel, further stating,
01:27It has great action, amazing visual effects, stellar performances across the board.
01:34Other tweets also said that Gladiator 2 serves up the richest feast in the epic action set.
01:39While Ridley Scott's critical reception has been inconsistent in the last few years with
01:43projects like Robin Hood and Exodus, Gods and Kings, expectations this time are high,
01:49as Gladiator 2 might be one of his best efforts since Black Hawk Down.