Ngaphakathi kohlaka lokukhuthaza ifilimu layo elisha, "i-Frantic" Crowerre yaxoxisana ne-portal screenrant. Ekuhambeni kwengxoxo, umlingisi phakathi kwecala wakhumbula omunye wemidwebo eyinhloko emsebenzini wakhe - peplum Ridley Scott "Gladiator", ekhishwe ngo-2000. Manje uScott nethimba lakhe le-script lisebenza ekwakhiweni kwe-sequel. Kulokhu, kuphakama umbuzo ofanele: Kufanelekile ukulinda ukubuya kwama-maxis engxenyeni yesibili? Sizokhumbuza, ekugcineni kwefilimu yasekuqaleni, iqhawe lesihloko labulawa, kepha iCrowe lisho ukuthi abadali babheka inketho ngokuvuka kwakhe:
Sekuphele, kudala kakhulu, bekungafanele ngikhulume noDouglas [whita, umkhiqizi]. Okokugcina lapho ngixoxa naye, wahlanganyela nami umbono omuhle, owabandakanya lokhu: Isidumbu sikaManus sisuswe eColosseum, sigcotshwe ngamafutha, sivale umnyango futhi sivale umnyango. Itshe. Kepha ngemuva kwetshe, itshe laliginqika kuye kwaphuma isibalo. Ngathi: "ARC, angicabangi ukuthi sinelungelo le ndaba." Kepha le ngxoxo yenzeka kudala. Angicabangi ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi umuzwa wami wokuhlekisa wahlolwa.
Ababukeli abaningi besaba ukuthi ukuqhubeka okulinganiselwe kwe- "gladiator" kuzoba kubi kakhulu kunasekuqaleni, okuwumsebenzi ophelele. Ingabe kunengqondo ukuvuselela le ndaba? Ngokusobala, abadali baqonda zonke izingozi, bethembisa ukwethula ifilimu ekukhiqizweni kuphela uma bekwazi ukuthuthukisa isimo esihle kakhulu.