While his showdown against Commodus puts the cherry on top of a great movie ... eaten by a tiger in this confrontation.

Featuring Crowe in the sequel could have boosted the nostalgia factor & storytelling warmth, attracting original fans to the movie. Ridley Scott's original Gladiator movie was a massive hit ...

The first Gladiator was just a movie—a crowd-pleasing ... The first Gladiator gave viewers a man fighting a computer-generated tiger with a Roman short sword. The sequel gives viewers a gang ...