Gladiator II is set 15 years after the heartbreaking death of Maximus at the end of ... Maximus was loyal to [Emperor Marcus Aurelius]. Lucius hates Rome and everything to do with it.

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius ... condemned to death. The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games until ...

"Gladiator II" is a messy sequel to Ridley ... picks up approximately a decade and a half after the death of Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), the Roman emperor who dreamed of a better empire ...