Film / 300: Rise Of An Empire (2014), 300: Rise Of An Empire

I didn"t bone up on my ancient Greek history before seeing 2006"s "300," nor did I bởi so before seeing its new followup, "300: Rise of an Empire." Not because I feel that such research is above my pay grade, but because no matter how much research the filmmakers might say went into their subsequent visions, I know that realism and/or actual accuracy was scarcely Job One for them. That being the case, though, I was ill-prepared for the fact that "Rise of an Empire," which is not so much a sequel khổng lồ "300" as a companion piece (given that it depicts events that happen simultaneously khổng lồ those depicted in "300." For example, the titular number of feisty, cut Spartans getting slaughtered by a bunch of fey Persians of larger numbers), opens with an action montage accompanied by maybe twenty minutes of expository voice-over. Or so it seems. And for all that, I didn"t get much of a sense of historical narrative from the movie.

There"s one Greek fellow, an Athenian, who believes in the "experiment" called "democracy," và he wants the Spartans lớn back him up as the fey Persians, spurred by possibly homosexual golden (literally!) boy Xerxes, come to lay waste khổng lồ his mã sản phẩm city. They"re coming by ship, & the navy is commanded by the golden boy"s sister, Artemisia, played by the sexually intimidating Eva Green, who"s going Full Diamanda Galas here, only without the singing. & this naval commander, an unusual one by anybody"s standards, is both intrigued và vexed by the Athenian, who goes by the name Themistocles, và is played by a stalwart Sullivan Stapleton.

While the first "300," based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, was relentlessly male-driven in a way that was both relentlessly homoerotic and blithely homophobic, the introduction (no doubt historically inaccurate) of Green"s character khổng lồ the combat changes the sexual dynamic in a way that"s pretty ridiculous và also kind of jaw-dropping. I hated the Zack-Snyder-directed "300" with a passion: aside from its in-your-face hateful war-mongering sentiments and the aforementioned homophobia, the thing looked as if it had been shot through lenses that had been smeared with dog feces prior lớn each take. "Rise of an Empire," directed by Noam Munro (who also made "Smart People," which clearly established his 3D action movie bonafides…no wait…) is entirely more engaging by dint of being absolutely impossible to take even a little bit seriously. The ruthlessness of Green"s character is taken khổng lồ extremes that meld Medea to the cheesiest serial you can name, and is hence delicious.

The rest of the film"s over-the-topness is pretty purposeful as well. Every time a sword swipes a battling warrior, the screen fills up with a lake"s worth of spurting blood, khổng lồ the extent that you really start hoping that one of the film"s character"s suffers a paper cut, just lớn see what happens. Also, the color palette here is more expansive than in Snyder"s original: in addition khổng lồ dun, there"s also a lot of blue, a dark gray, và lots và lots of crimson. Is there intelligent dialogue, or anything actually emotionally stirring? By my lights, no. But in terms of sheer bloody spectacle, "300: Rise of an Empire" gets a lot of mileage out of sheer venal spectacle. Just don"t try khổng lồ derive a history lesson from the movie.

Glenn Kenny

Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. He has written for a host of other publications and resides in Brooklyn. Read his answers lớn our Movie Love Questionnaire here.

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While King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans have their date with destiny at Thermopylae, another battle against the Persians is brewing, this time at sea. Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton), a Greek general, sees the threat posed by the God-King Xerxes of Persia. He knows that he must unite all of Greece if he is khổng lồ stand any chance of repelling the Persian invasion. Even if he accomplishes his mission, Themistocles must still face Artemisia (Eva Green), the ruthless leader of the Persian armada.

Rating: R (Nudity|A Sex Scene|Some Language|Stylized Bloody Violence)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Original Language: English

Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, năm trước wide

Release Date (Streaming): Jun 24, năm trước

Box Office (Gross USA): $106.6M

Runtime: 1h 43m

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Co: Cruel and Unusual Films, Mark Canton/Gianna Nunnari

Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

Cast và Crew

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

Yigal Naor

King Darius

Andrew Pleavin

Daxos

Peter Mensah

Persian Emissary

Ben Turner

General Artaphernes

Ashraf Barhom

General Bandari

Christopher Sciueref

General Kashani

Noam Murro

Director

Zack Snyder

Screenwriter

Kurt Johnstad

Screenwriter

Gianni Nunnari

Producer

Mark Canton

Producer

Zack Snyder

Producer

Deborah Snyder

Producer

Bernie Goldmann

Producer

Thomas Tull

Executive Producer

Frank Miller

Executive Producer

Stephen Jones

Executive Producer

Jon Jashni

Executive Producer

Simon Duggan

Cinematographer

Patrick Tatopoulos

Production design

Wyatt Smith

Film Editing

David Brenner

Film Editing

Alexandra Byrne

Costume thiết kế

Junkie XL

Original Music

Lucy Bevan

Casting

Sue Chan

Supervising Art Direction

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