Gladiator II Early-Screening's FIRST Reactions Are Out

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After the early-screening of the film Gladiator II, twitter was filled with first-reactions of the moviegoers that broadly hinted towards the movie’s upcoming success

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00:00The much-awaited sequel of the 2000 film Gladiator, Gladiator 2 held its first-ever screening

00:05on Friday last night.

00:07The film's screening was conducted among a large number of people, with its reactions

00:10already going out on social media.

00:12The screening took place at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, with several movie

00:16critiques and media outlets seeming ready to rate their stars.

00:22Right after the early screening of the film, Twitter was filled with post-reactions of

00:26the moviegoers that broadly hinted towards the movie's upcoming success.

00:30With Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Paul Meskill in the film, Gladiator 2 is directed

00:35by Ridley Scott, who also made the first part nearly two decades ago in the year 2000.

00:42The film sees Meskill playing a grown-up Lucius, a nephew to Emperor Commodus from the original

00:47film, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

00:49Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to battle, not as a ruler, but

00:54as a gladiator out for revenge and power, and seeks to return to the glory of Rome to

00:59its people.

01:00The first trailer that released in July also racked up a total of 215 million global cross-platform

01:05views in just a few days.

01:09Most of the first reactions from attendees at the first Los Angeles screening have been

01:13positive.

01:14Jillian Schillingerian from Offscreen Central wrote, engraved Denzel Washington's name on

01:19the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Gladiator 2, right this instance.

01:23Scott Mann's KTLA contributor called the movie an epic sequel, further stating,

01:27It has great action, amazing visual effects, stellar performances across the board.

01:34Other tweets also said that Gladiator 2 serves up the richest feast in the epic action set.

01:39While Ridley Scott's critical reception has been inconsistent in the last few years with

01:43projects like Robin Hood and Exodus, Gods and Kings, expectations this time are high,

01:49as Gladiator 2 might be one of his best efforts since Black Hawk Down.

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