Jerome Mo

A fan of the original movie, I had seen it in theaters 10+ times during its release. It has amazing casting, CGI, great story line and excellent music. The sequel is utterly disappointing opposite in almost every way. The plot is weak, predictable, forced and not credible by any means. Casting is equally horrible. Pedro Pascal is no general material should've stuck with narcos. Paul mescal is a complete failure. His character is overtasked with too much development and any effort of acting just seemed to be pointless. And mescal just simply does not command the titular role in the shadow of Crowe, lacking the confidence and a compelling background for a desperate gladiator. Connie Nielsen is about the only welcomed actor but even her acting was off due to excessive Botox and horrible plots. The battle scenes are mostly cheesy and laughable. It's a quarter azzed lotr battle scene type at best. Music is largely copied scene for scene from the original. Still beautiful and haunting. It is sad to see al the hype came down to this, even though I had long had my doubts on any successful sequel after the strong first entry that was not intended for multiple entries. This is a far cry from the 2000 movie and should've not been attempted. Ridley Scott must be desperate or greedy to make money knowing this wouldve ruined his own franchise and reputation. Shame on him.

A genuinely smart and funny script perfectly sized for NC, who has done a great acting job along with Pedro Pascal. I hope NC gets his due recognition for this movie.

All props to Disney to bring the ducks into 2020s. Better stories, great casts, modern and fitting narratives that had good enough twists that's more than the original trilogy. Amazing. The whole family enjoys it and scenes literally brought tears to my eyes.