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300: Rise of an Empire
2014 102 min Bulgaria, United States of America R 16+
★5.9
Action, Drama, War
Director: Noam Murro
🎭 Based on
«Xerxes»
byFrank Miller
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Description
Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Budget:
$110M
US Gross:
$106.58M
Worldwide:
$337.58M
Starring
Sullivan Stapleton
Actor
Eva Green
Actor
Lena Headey
Actor
Awards
2 wins & 7 nominations total
Key opinion
300: Rise of an Empire is generally viewed as a visually ambitious but tonally inferior sequel to the 2007 original. While audiences appreciate the expanded naval scale and Eva Green's standout performance, many critics find the narrative thin, the reliance on excessive CGI hollow, and the lack of the original's gritty, mythic resonance disappointing.
| Acting | Eva Green delivers a dominant, scene-stealing performance as the film's most compelling character. | |
| Production | The film leans heavily into stylized, excessive gore and CGI, which some find visually spectacular while others criticize as artificial and weightless. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely considered a narrative step down, lacking the emotional resonance and clear, heroic stakes found in the original. | |
| Acting | Opinions on Sullivan Stapleton’s lead performance are divided, with some finding him a capable successor to Butler, while others deem him flat and uncharismatic. | |
| Direction | The action choreography and naval battles are viewed as either an inventive, expanded spectacle or a confusing, poorly executed departure from the ground-based intensity of the predecessor. |