in 2006, lundgren played gladiator brixos in the italian-made historical/biblical drama, "the inquiry" ("l'inchiesta"), also known as "the final inquiry", alongside daniele liotti, mónica cruz, max von sydow, f. murray abraham and ornella muti. it is the remake of the 1986 italian film directed by damiano damiani and starring keith carradine and harvey keitel. set in ad 35 in the roman empire, the story follows a fictional roman general named titus valerius taurus, a veteran of campaigns in germania, who is sent to judea by the emperor tiberius to investigate the possibility of the divinity of the recently crucified jesus. the film, shot on location in tunisia and bulgaria, featured a score from andrea morricone, the son of the acclaimed film score composer ennio morricone. it premiered at the capri, hollywood and the los angeles italia film festival. one reviewer on a website catering for historical movies said of the film, "the final inquiry is one of those movies you are glad you ran into... i had such low expectations for this movie, but was glad to have been proven wrong. i know about the negative reviews this movie has gotten and some of the criticism is well deserved while some of it is a bit unfair."