Denzel Washingtonjumping from the Ancient Rome of Gladiator II with Ridley Scott right into another sword-and-sandals epic, this time with his longtime collaborator Antoine Fuqua sounded almost too good to be true, which in Hollywood usually means it either is, or it's not going to be easy. And this one is not going to be easy. Washington, one of the most iconic actors of all time, has long been attached to star as the Carthaginian general Hannibal in a new Netflix production and on paper, that's a slam dunk. It's got ancient warfare, elephants, Rome again, but it's a bumpier road than expected.

Ridley Scott has given us iconic movies and franchises that are entertaining the audience decades later. Alien, Hannibal, Prometheus, American Gangster, The Martian, the list can go on and on, and keep fans engaged in debates over which feature is superior. However, there’s one movie that is universally praised: Gladiator.