‘Gladiator II’ is some absolute sicko shit and Denzel Washington is relishing every. single. minute,” wrote The LA Times’ Matt Brennan. “The ‘we are so back’ of bloody costume epics.” ...

A designer aimed to "keep the old magic alive" of TV's Gladiators as she made costumes for the new series ... was an adaptation of an American gameshow and last aired on ITV in 2000.