Despite some impressive visuals, "Gladiator II" is unfortunately little more than a tired retread of an earlier, and far more entertaining film.

Joel Coen has crafted perhaps one of the greatest cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare’s seminal tragedy, "The Tragedy of Macbeth," in the history of cinema.

An example of extremely talented actors shoehorned into a plodding piece that loses its power and credibility before dissolving into a procedural thriller.