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

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sullivan Stapleton	...	Themistokles
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:

greek | army | navy | antiquity | 5th century b.c. | 

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Taglines:

The battle of glory continues

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sustained sequences of stylized bloody violence throughout, a sex scene, nudity and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled 300 Sequel

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$45,038,460, 9 March 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$106,580,051

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$337,580,051

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.,Legendary Entertainment,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

Eva Green was the only actress considered for the role of Artemisia and luckily for the film-makers she agreed to do it as they had no second choice.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 30 mins) In one of the last lines in the movie Themistocles notes that "All of Greece has united against you, Delphi, Thebes, Olympia, Arcadia and Sparta". In fact most of Greece remained neutral and the powerful city state of Thebes was allied with the Persians. It is of course possible Themistocles was simply bluffing, but the tone and finality of the scene implies otherwise.

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Quotes

Artemisia: If death comes, I'm ready!

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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

Featured in Everything Wrong with...: Everything Wrong With 300: Rise of an Empire (2017)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Disappointing

Waste of money!!

I've never felt compelled to leave a review before but my Husband and I were both very disappointed with this film after both really enjoying the first 300 movie.

I was totally bored 15 minutes in but was hoping for something interesting to happen- it never happened!

I felt like it was all action/graphics but no story line, the entire film was people getting killed with swords in slow motion, ships bashing into each other like the dodgems and then there was Sullivan Stapleton's bad British accent which was a mixture between British, American and Australian.