300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

Director:

Noam Murro

Writers:

Zack Snyder (screenplay), Kurt Johnstad (screenplay),

Stars:

Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sullivan Stapleton	...	Themistocles
Eva Green	...	Artemisia
Lena Headey	...	Queen Gorgo
Hans Matheson	...	Aeskylos
Callan Mulvey	...	Scyllias
David Wenham	...	Dilios
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Xerxes
Jack O'Connell	...	Calisto
Andrew Tiernan	...	Ephialtes
Igal Naor	...	King Darius
Andrew Pleavin	...	Daxos
Peter Mensah	...	Persian Emissary
Ben Turner	...	General Artaphernes
Ashraf Barhom	...	General Bandari
Christopher Sciueref	...	General Kashani

Storyline

After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land.

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Plot Keywords:

army | sea | army base | commander | general | 

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Taglines:

Seize your glory

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | War

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

300: El nacimiento de un imperio

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$45,038,460 (USA) (7 March 2014)

Gross:

$106,369,117 (USA) (16 May 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Cruel & Unusual Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Returning series star Lena Headey shot for just 10 days for this film.

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Goofs

When Themistokles returns from the ship of Artemisia telling the others that "The next time that we face her, she's going to bring all of hell with her." he looks to the side and in a close-up his contact lenses are clearly visible.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Queen Gorgo: It begins as a whisper... a promise... the lightest of breezes dances above the death cries of 300 men. That breeze became a wind. A wind that my brothers have sacrificed. A wind of freedom... a wind of justice... a wind of vengeance.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures logos are seen on doors that open up to reveal the mural of Leonides and the 300 Spartans.

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Connections

Referenced in Face Off: Naked & Painted (2013)

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Soundtracks

War Pigs
Written by Ozzy Osbourne (as John Osbourne), Bill Ward (as William Ward), Terence Butler and Tony Iommi
Performed by Black Sabbath
Courtesy of Downlane Limited

User Reviews

End of the original 300 legacy!

The film is based as a backdrop to the original 300 storyline and paves a wave for the next part in the franchise but all the way it just drained the legacy of 300. The hero gives uninspiring talks with beats in the background score rising to make the army automatically charged up to start fighting and die... its very nonsensical just like Themistokles saying " Today is the day we water the plants" and with rising music the army responds hu rahhh and they get into the battle.

Zack Snyder after delivering the man of steel just seems to have treated this franchise as a step son by doing the screenplay but giving away the direction at Murro's hands who just couldn't pull it off. The casting of suvillian stapleton as a lead actor who clearly fumbles in dialogue delivery and acting was the biggest stupidity. The only silver lining was Eva Green and she delivered right on the money as expected with lena heady who just has a few scenes.

guess people will just have to watch this part hoping something better will come in the third. So in all a disappointing experience for one of the awaited films in my list of 2014.