SafReviews

Another sequel which doesn't live up to It's predecessor; it's a common theme in Hollywood in recent times. The first Gladiator movie was great, but this sequel was nowhere near it and it just felt like something was off. The plot felt weird with it's fast paced tone which I felt didn't allow for more character and story development. I also felt sometimes I wasn't rooting for the main protagonist because I didn't like how he was written and portrayed which made me not connect with him. Halfway through I wasn't rooting for him anymore because I couldn't stand him. I feel like the actor shouldn't have been cast as it felt like he was out of his depth, however the right actor wouldn't have saved the poor and lazy plot.

This movie was bit of a disappointment because I liked the first movie, but this sequel was a radical change. I knew beforehand that the movie had bad reviews and ratings and I can see why because the musical aspect of it was not something most people like me wanted to see. I didn't mind the musical stuff at the beginning, but I thought it was going to annoying if they carried on throughout the movie and it did. The writers and producers were trying to be clever with this movie, but they should've known most people weren't going to like it as most of them were fans of the first movie, so making it a musical wasn't going to go down well. If they had removed all the musical stuff it still probably wouldn't have been received well because the plot was nothing special, but it definitely wouldn't have flopped in the box office as hard as it did.

I knew before watching the movie that it had mixed reviews, but still decided to watch it because I had seen the first movie which I liked and the second movie which I thought was average. Unfortunately just like the second movie I felt this was average as well which I expected to be honest. The plot felt like not much thought had been put in it and felt it was made to accommodate the action scenes which it was relying on to carry the movie. To be honest the action scenes were decent, but you need a good story along with it. We need less movies, especially superhero movies because it's getting boring now and there's no originality in them anymore due to the amount of them Hollywood keeps pumping out.