That’s exactly what Russell Crowe’s Maximus had in Gladiator. Joaquin Phoenix‘s Commodus was a slimy, conniving monster who made our skin crawl. We still hate him more than two decades after ...

Marcus believes the empire has become corrupt and wishes to restore power to the Senate, choosing Maximus as his protector during the transition period rather than his own son, Commodus (Joaquin ...

However, he is betrayed by the emperor’s jealous son, Commodus, who kills Marcus Aurelius and sizes the throne of Rome. After escaping arrest and discovering his family has been murdered by ...

Ridley Scott and Joseph Quinn explain how Gladiator 2's evil Roman emperors compare to Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus. Serving as ...

The movie depicted Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) murdered by his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), which is not what happened in real life. Aurelius died from an illness – likely ...

The new film is the sequel to 2000's "Gladiator," which was also directed by Scott and starred Russell Crowe (Maximus) and Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus). The new film stars Paul Mescal (Lucius ...

As you may recall, Marcus was brutally killed by his power-hungry son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) after he appointed Maximus as his successor. The first film ends with Crowe’s character memorably ...

The story starred Russell Crowe as Maximus, a slave gladiator who takes on Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus as an act of revenger for the emperor killing his whole family. The film won 5 Oscars at the ...