It's more like a fantasy animation movie than a historical movie. From the beginning they aimed to start gladiator fights as soon as possible instead of having an interesting story line like Gladiator 1.
They should have name this movie something else not Gladiator, especially Gladiator II.
I was expecting a much better story, but it was disappointing. As soon as you see the monkey's, you will figure out that this is not a historical Gladiator movie. It's just a fantasy action movie which is sometimes entertaining and mostly boring.