Plot
Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 7.3/10 (13,747 voted)
Director:Noam Murro
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.
Filming Locations: New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Trivia: Sullivan Stapleton was surprised by how wordy the film was. He thought he would "just be roaring and chopping off limbs throughout" but actually has a great number of dialog scenes along with fight scenes. See more »
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Rating: 9/10
"300: Rise of an Empire" will be no surprise in delivery other than it
is possibly better than the first? There will, still, be fight scenes
reminiscent of flawless dance moves, and the great choreography is what
lends the film to being a great 'dance' movie. The difference in
approach comparatively between the two films would be the perverse
nature of the second's delivery of the story at hand. The first had a
far more romantic predisposition.
The story is more or less the same - Persians are descending onto
Greece and taking over. The epicenter for the second take on the
Persian take over is Athens and its people. The men are not as
perfectly ripped as the Spartans. The soldiers are made up of various
sized men (but there's still a great amount of shiny muscle) and not
nearly as romantic in appearance as the perfect Spartans.
The sex scene is more sadomasochistic and less love making. The passion
between "King Leonidas" and his queen in "300" is filled with affection
and attachment whereas the scene in "300: Rise of an Empire" is riddled
with force, power and control. The sexual tension in both scenes are
similar in sexual tension but both portray a very different tone, one
more romantic than the other.
The lighting is impeccable and the story lent well to the way in which
the 3D was utilized. Instead of aspects 'popping' out at you they
seemed to go deep. The landscapes had so much depth that it was hard
not to make the correlation between the depth "300: Rise of an Empire"
was reaching to in terms of the Persian take over. As it was not the
next installment of "300" but more insight into the original story, as
the story goes deeper than Sparta and the army of 300.
Eva Green is outrageously good and compelling to watch and to some
degree is the "Leonidas" of "Rise of an Empire". Not to say that
Sullivan Stapelton was overshadowed but his role was more meticulous
and thought out, very much like the Queen in "300". The two pull the
opposite sides of a war story firmly together. Not to mention how
smoking hot both of them are.
Like the first, "Rise of an Empire" is undoubtedly clothed in beauty,
from the moonlighting to the muscled bodies, the supple breasts to the
eloquent sprays of blood, the film is about an aesthetic which is part
of the story. Is it masking a lack of story? definitely not, it is the
story.
"300" was ground breaking at the time of release, "Rise of an Empire"
merely perfects that first step into a world of a different, and maybe
more enigmatic, way of story telling. 8.5/10
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