Directed by Noam Murro
Screenplay by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad
Based on Xerxes (unpublished) by Frank Miller
Produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie Goldmann
Starring: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack O'Connell, Andrew Tiernan, Igal Naor, Andrew Pleavin
Trailer: click.
Forgettable fail!
PLOT
Follow-up to the 2007 film 300 is taking place before, during and after the events of that film. A naval commander Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) is trying to reunite Greece while Artemisia (Eva Green) and Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) seek revenge.
REVIEW
It may delivers all the necessary elements: action-packed (a lot of fight scenes and blood), cool visuals, strong characters but it still fails. Zero stoy (funny enough even simple stories doesn't make much sense), two dimensional characters, no real history facts, over all uninspired empty film. Hate to say it but Sullivan was so disappointing. He just didn't bring charismatic likeble heroic presence of a lead. You're like: seriously, I should root for him?! Why? Meanwhile Eva was terrific and a joy to watch. Don't get me wrong. I know that kind of genre is not about great script or to be meaningful but the only thing epic about this movie is how much it fails. 2/5
I didn't enjoy it as much as the first movie but it's absolutely good enough to stand side by side with its predecessor as a serviceable follow up.
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