Decades after the death of Maximus, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced into the Colosseum after his home is conquered by tyrannical emperors.
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Director Ridley Scott returns to the arena with massive scale. While it doesn't quite capture the emotional weight of the original, the action sequences—including a naval battle inside the flooded Colosseum—are breathtaking. Denzel Washington steals every scene he's in, playing a power-hungry arms dealer with flamboyant menace.
Another Guy Ritchie entry, but this one is pure, unadulterated fun. Based on a true story (albeit a very stylized one), this film follows Winston Churchill and a small team of rogue soldiers who use unconventional, "ungentlemanly" fighting techniques to fight the Nazis during WWII. Henry Cavill looks like he is having the time of his life chewing scenery and shooting Nazis.
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A US Army Sergeant (Jake Gyllenhaal) returns to Afghanistan to rescue the interpreter who saved his life during an ambush.
Guy Ritchie returns to form with this WWII action-comedy based on recently declassified British war files. Henry Cavill leads a rag-tag crew of convicted criminals, assassins, and misfits on a secret mission to destroy Nazi U-boats. The catch? If they are caught, Churchill will deny they ever existed.
Two elite snipers (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are stationed in watchtowers on opposite sides of a massive, mysterious gorge. They are forbidden from contacting each other, but as a monstrous threat emerges from the abyss, they must break the rules to survive.