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Gladiator 2 is awful – no wonder it made Russell Crowe uncomfortable
Critics have generally been kind to the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 blockbuster. But these critics are wrong, insists Patrick Smith. It’s a rushed, poorly acted quasi-remake from which only Denzel Washington and a well-dressed monkey emerge unscathed. What was Ridley Scott thinking?
Inside Film
Inside Film
Blood Simple was ‘too sleazy’ for Hollywood – but it changed cinema
As Joel and Ethan Coen’s grisly noir debut turns 40, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the making of a film that influenced everyone from Quentin Tarantino to Danny Boyle
Inside Film
Why remake it? Day of the Jackal’s 1973 movie is a perfect adaptation
With Frederick Forsyth’s cat-and-mouse assassin novel now being adapted into a new series starring Eddie Redmayne, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the making of the 1973 classic that first brought the story to life
