Movie -300

Director - Zack Snyder

Release Date: 9 March 2007

Genre: Action | History | War

Cast: Gerard Butler , Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham , Vincent Regan

Summary:

300 is the film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller -- which is based on the historic Battle of Thermopylae and the 1962 movie The 300 Spartans. The story is simple: 300 Spartan warriors, led by king Leonidas (Gerard Butler) try to defend Sparta against the armies of Persian king Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and have their last stand at the pass of Thermpylae, where they fight to the last man.

300 DVD Cover

300 DVD Cover

Much fuss has been made about 300 being racist and fascistic because of the depiction of the Spartans as a strong and superior race and the Persians as decadent, weak and perverted. But neither the graphic novel nor the film are by all means a historical documentation of the battle -- and don’t pretend to be.

Review: An excellent movie, filled of action and thrill. A sad story, the ending will make you drop a tear definitely, one of the best movies I have watched in a while!

My Honest Rating: 9.5/10