Denzel Washington’s performance in Gladiator II is the highlight of the movie, but also ends up taking away from the main ...

Gladiator II | Macrinus (2024 Movie) - Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington For the entire movie, the audience is waiting for the other shoe to drop with Macrinus.

From brutally killing his enemies to reveling in his power, Denzel Washington's performance as Macrinus are among the best moments in Gladiator 2.

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Elsewhere, Washington’s Macrinus has his own designs on power in Rome. Therein lies the Achilles’ heel of “Gladiator II” — there is simply too much plot to truly care about these characters.

Enter Macrinus, a wealthy trader who spots Lucius and buys him for his own. But audiences aren’t quite sure of Macrinus and his motives at first. It’s clear he’s a powerful player in all of ...

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, Lucilla, Macrinus, the twin emperors, and more.

Denzel Washington Says “There Are Very Few Films Left for Me to Make That I’m Interested In” The actor stars as Macrinus in Ridley Scott's upcoming 'Gladiator' sequel, opposite Paul Mescal.

The film stars Paul Mescal (Lucius) as an enslaved man who finds purpose as a gladiator after his home is conquered by tyrant emperors.

It’s thumbs-down for the forgettable ending of Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II,’ which is satisfying neither as spectacle nor dramatic payoff.

Macrinus manipulates the emperors at every turn to stay in their good graces. Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) are overindulgent and underqualified fools.