Gladiator is one of my favorite movies of all time. Just awesome beginning to end. I have been anxiously awaiting a sequel ever since. Then finally it comes out! Then I see the first commercial for it and Denzel is a main character. Normally that is a good thing. Denzel is one of the greats. However….not in this case. Him as a Roman is just a bad fit. To get to the point…I turned it off about half way through. It's just bad. The opening scene was pretty cool…but then it goes downhill very fast. The fight scenes are lame, the graphics seem dated and boring, and it has a certain "300" feel to it. 300 is another really cool movie, and it's obvious they tried to copy some of its moodiness and dramatic visuals…but it doesn't work here.
Just hugely disappointed.
