as a gladiator after being impressed by his baboon-biting skills. Since "Gladiator II" is largely a retread of the original film's plot, the audience is led to assume that Macrinus is an analog ...
"Can you hang from that roof for two hours by your left leg? No! A baboon can." The baboons in "Gladiator II" demonstrate their carnivorous nature immediately by ripping out the throat of Numidia ...