300 (2007)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Rating: R

Release Date: Mar 9, 2007

Running Time: 116 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Regan, Dominic West, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, David Wenham

director: Zack Snyder

In the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.

Merging cutting-edge cinematic razzle dazzle with resonant themes of honor, courage and sacrifice, 300 builds yet another visually thrilling and viscerally satisfying film.

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Built from comic book auteur Frank Miller's (Sin City) rock solid foundations, 300 is based on his vision on the 1962 film The 300 Spartans filtered through the same tough-as-nails pulp sensibility that populates most of his comics work. Leaving such leaden wannabe sword-and-sandal epics like Troy and Alexander in the…

PETER TRAVERS - March 7, 2007

The ads tell you to "prepare for glory" as 300 Spartans go to war against an army of Persians, numbering 250,000, in the film version of Frank Miller's graphic novel about the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae. My advice is to prepare your eyes for popping -- hell, they just might fly out of their sockets -- in the face of such turbocharged visuals. Those who saw Robert Rodriguez's 2005 film of Miller's Sin City, will have some idea of what's in store: Actors perform against blank screens on which…