影片故事延续前作，路奇乌斯（保罗·麦斯卡 Paul Mescal 饰）童年时亲眼目击受万人景仰的英雄马克西蒙斯死于舅舅之手，多年后已长大成人的他，在暴君的铁腕统治下，被迫进入竞技场为生存而战。心中充满怒火的路奇乌斯，眼见罗马帝国的未来岌岌可危，决心讨回本属于他的权力和荣誉 ，还罗马人民一个辉煌的罗马。
ISSAC is an intense psychological thriller which constantly treads the lines of reality and fiction. Issac, A young reclusive mortician who inherited his stepfather's mortuary business meets a friendly waitress, Cassi. The two create an instant connection and after a night of terror, they pursue a revenge murder together. This film mixes a realistic story with surreal imagery, showing how one in isolation may operate due to the circumstances he has been given. Issac inevitably makes a choice and never questions the morality of his decisions.
这部电影设定在18世纪的英格兰，并“灵感来源”于真实事件，是一部关于宗教领袖安·李（Ann Lee）的“史诗寓言”，安·李是谢克教运动的创始人，且被她的追随者宣称为“女性基督”。
