Pompeii (2014)

A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers:

Janet Scott Batchler (screenplay), Lee Batchler (screenplay)

Stars:

Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland

9 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kit Harington	...	Milo
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Aurelia
Emily Browning	...	Cassia
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Atticus
Jessica Lucas	...	Ariadne
Jared Harris	...	Severus
Joe Pingue	...	Graecus
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Corvus
Currie Graham	...	Bellator
Dylan Schombing	...	Young Milo
Maxime Savaria	...	Biggest Thracian
Ron Kennell	...	The Weasel
Tom Bishop Sr.	...	Cassia's Carriage Driver
Rebecca Roberts	...	Milo's Mother (as Rebecca Eady)
Sasha Roiz	...	Proculus

Storyline

Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

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Plot Keywords:

pompeii | slave | arena | mount vesuvius | lava bomb | 

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Taglines:

No warning. No escape.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences, disaster-related action and brief sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pompeji

Filming Locations:

Cinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,340,823, 23 February 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$23,219,748

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$117,831,631

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film,TriStar Pictures,FilmDistrict

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last film released under the FilmDistrict banner, before being absorbed by Focus Features.

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Goofs

When first talking to Cassia in the balcony, Senator Corvus refers to Rome as "The Eternal City". Yet, the nickname was not coined by the Romans but by the Christians, much later, when Rome was already the seat of the Papacy.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: In the darkness you could hear the crying of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men. Some prayed for help. Others wished for death. But still more imagined that there were no Gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness. - Pliny the Younger, A.D. 79.

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Connections

Featured in Someone Has to Review It!: Pompeii (2014)

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Soundtracks

House of Delights
from Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
Written by Joseph LoDuca
© Starz Entertainment, LLC.
Courtesy of Warner/Chappell Music Canada, Ltd.

User Reviews

rofl

I got dragged to see this. I knew it was going to suck. It sucked in a "it's so bad it's good" kind of way. I was never bored. Mostly laughing and saying, "You know nothing John Snow."

But you know a movie is bad when it ends with a scene that is supposed to be emotional and tragic, and the whole theater bursts out laughing.

I feel like there's no point in me going over how poorly written the characters were, because I'm sure everyone else has already done that. The romance was extremely random. It's like they didn't even care about the story.

To be fair, the visual effects were great, but really, today there are so many movies with great visuals, this one does nothing new. Although it turns out that the filmmakers did their research for this film and the set designs and the eruption were very true to fact (except for the lava bombs and the tsunami) and even the ash-figures we see at the end were based on (stress on based on) actual figures that were discovered. So that raises the film a bit in my respect.

Also,

Atticus: Which bastard will be the one I kill today? Me: Ned Stark's bastard.

Sorry. :P