The trailer for the movie "Gladiator II" opens with the guidance of Macrinus (Denzel Washington) - an ambitious wealthy arms dealer, who also selects and manages gladiators in Rome.
For Macrinus, prisoners of war would become valuable “commodities” and tools for the amusement of the nobility.
Macrinus sees the potential of Lucius (Paul Mescal), who lost his fiancee and was forced back to Rome as a slave, as a gladiator. Macrinus tries to awaken his fighting spirit for life-and-death battles in the arena.
With ambitions to reach the throne, Macrinus wanted to use Lucius as a tool to gain the emperor's trust.
While trying to escape from Macrinus' bondage, Lucius met his mother - Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) again in an audience with the emperor and the nobility.
Not simply a battle in the Colosseum, with the desire to fight to liberate Rome from the cruel occupiers, Lucius actually created an uprising to overthrow the empire.
The movie "Gladiator II" is scheduled to premiere on November 15, 2024.
