In the process, Themistokles fires an arrow that kills the Persian king. The Greek commander Themistokles attacks the larger Persian forces immediately after they come ashore. The backdrop is the battle of Salamis between the Persians and the Greeks in 480 BC. However, don’t go in expecting to see a real sequel to ‘300’.300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE is 102 minutes of beheadings, amputations, and gut slicing, used as an opportunity to spurt, scatter, and spray cinematic blood. Action cinema fans will have a good time at the theaters with this movie and Eva Green is a special bonus. Direction is okģ00: Rise of an Empire is an entertaining and extremely violent movie. Background music is excellent.įrom a director’s perspective, it is very clear that this movie is going to have a sequel and the screenplay has been written for that. Crows eating eyes from dead bodies and heads being severed ruthlessly are a bit too much to handle for many people.Ĭinematography is a big asset for the film and the editing is also pretty good. There is too much bloodshed and some of the fight scenes are extremely violent. There are no incredible ‘hero elevation’ sequences like in 300. The heroism seen in the first part is missing in this movie. In fact, this story has an entirely different setting. This is not really a sequel for ‘300’ so don’t expect to see characters from the film too often. Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) and other stars of the original 300 are seen in a few scenes The open ended climax also leaves a lot of room for a Third part in this series. The film’s climax block has some great stunts, especially the one where thermistocles takes a horse and jumps onto the enemy ships. 3D effects are also really good, with plenty of blood and weapons coming onto the viewer in 3D style. The film has some superb fight scenes and VFX work is top notch. His scenes with Eva Green are a special attraction for the movie. Sullivan Stapleton has done a good job as thermistocles. She has managed to cleverly blend charm and evilness into one single persona. What happens in the end? That is the story of ‘300: Rise of an Empire’.Įva Green is the star of the film and she just dominates every other actor. The Greeks decide that honour and freedom are more important than their lives. The mighty Persian navy is too much for Thermistocles and his small fleet to handle. Meanwhile, Thermistocles battles with Artemisia and his navy, in a bid to defend the city of Athens. King Leonidas of Sparta marches off with 300 of his soldiers to meet Xerxes. Thermistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) argues for a united defence but the stubborn Greeks decide to mount separate campaigns. Meanwhile, the Greeks squabble among themselves about the defence strategy. With the help of his father’s trusted Commander Artemisia, he soon mobilises a mammoth army and marches on towards Greece. The king’s son Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) vows to take revenge on the Greeks. The Persian King is killed while attempting to conquer Greece at the city of Marathon.
Can the film live up to the hype? Let us check it out The film has a strong following in India and it was premiered today in Hyderabad, a day ahead of release. ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ is one of the biggest releases at the Box Office this Friday.
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