Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued to take their chances in the arena. Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often ...

The reviews are in for Gladiator II ahead of its nationwide ... writing that "in terms of brutal spectacle, elaborate period reconstruction and vigorous set pieces requiring complex choreography ...

As one of the biggest sword & sandal epics of the decade, Gladiator II ... a fierce gladiatrix set to enter the arena and compete with the most deadly warriors. The new series comes from original ...

In terms of brutal spectacle, elaborate period reconstruction and vigorous ... of pitting the men in the arena against a heavily armed gladiator riding a charging rhinoceros.