The movie of the farther will be revisited upon the son.
Hanno is a young man with a wife, and she may as well be named "Dead soon, gonna bite it" as she lives up to that name almost immediately. He is captured, and taken to be a gladiator, and we get several fights as Hanno proves he is the Main Character of the movie. The man who killed the wife turns out to be Hanno's mother's new husband, so he is actually not a terrible person (and indeed, is played by Pedro Pascal, so of course we are on this side), but unfortunately Roman politics happen. Which also leads to the two lead mad emperors trying to lead (having character be mad mean you don't need to justify the plot - they are mad, they just do things!), but are outdone by one person who takes advantage of them never having guards around, and then we finally get to the final combat, in which everyone watches so they don't need to shoot a huge army fighting scene.
I was surprised by the collection of English actors here, Derek Jacobi, Tim McInnery, and Matt Lucas. But they, and everyone, is overwhelmed by Denzel Washington's acting all over the place. The effects are fine, and the battles look impressive enough.
All in all, I was somewhat entertained.
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