Gladiator II didn’t ‘fail’ but Russell Crowe is right about one thing

Russell Crowe has come for Gladiator II, which he wasn’t involved with, again (Picture: Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock)

Gladiator actor Russell Crowe has decided an appropriate enough amount of time has passed that he can happily rip into the 2024 sequel of the film that cemented him as a Hollywood A-Lister, more than a quarter of a century ago.

The New Zealander famously played the titular gladiator, Maximus, in Sir Ridley Scott’s original film; he was a Roman general on a quest for vengeance after the murder of his wife and son following his refusal...