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300: Rise of an Empire was released theatrically on March 7, 2014, ... [44] Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a D, "a bloodbath and not much else."
300: Rise of an Empire: Directed by Noam Murro. With Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson. Greek general Themistocles of Athens leads the naval charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
- Noam Murro
- 3 min
300: Rise of an Empire. R Released Mar 7, 2014 1h 43m Action Adventure Drama TRAILER for CTA List. 45% Tomatometer 199 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings. While King Leonidas and his 300 ...
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- Noam Murro
- R
- Sullivan Stapleton
Sequel to "300," released in 2007, and based on a graphic novel: Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) fights to unify all city-states of Greece to continue fighting against Persian forces led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and Queen Artemisia (Eva Green). Also with Hans Matheson, Lena Headey and Calvin Mulvey. Directed by Noram Murro. [1:42]
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300: Rise of an Empire (previously titled 300: Battle of Artemisia) is the 2014 sequel to the 2007 blockbuster, 300 taking place before, during, and after the main events of that film. Legendary Pictures has announced that Frank Miller is writsing the follow-up graphic novel, and Zack Snyder was interested in directing the adaptation, but chose to ...
The story pits Greek general Themistocles against the massive invading Persian forces, ruled by the mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and led by Artemisia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Knowing his only hope of defeating the overwhelming Persian armada will be to unite all of Greece, Themistocles ultimately leads the charge that will change the course of the war.
The film opens with the lifeless bodies of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. Xerxes advances on the corpse of Leonidas and beheads him to signify his victory. As Gorgo narrates the story, she mentions how the Greco-Persian War started with the battle of Marathon. The film then shows the Athenians, lead by general Themistocles, ambushing the Persians while they are docked. During the battle, Themistocles sees a chance to wound the Persian King Darius, and shoots an arrow into his chest. Darius' son, Xerxes, is also present, and dismayed by this. Yet as Themistocles beholds Xerxes, he knows that there will be repercussions for Greece.
The Persians subsequently retreat back to their realm, and Darius' admiral Artemisia arrives in time to hear the dying King's last words. Darius advises his son Xerxes to end the war with Greece and leave them to their ways, declaring only the Gods can defeat them. Xerxes mourns his father's death for seven days, but Artemisia still lusts for vengeance on the Greeks, and uses the opportunity to twist Darius' words. She tells Xerxes that he must become a God King to defeat the Greeks. She commands the priests to bless Xerxes and sends him into the desert. Xerxes eventually stumbles upon a cave and submerges himself in an otherworldly liquid. When he emerges again, he appears as a nine foot tall being draped in gold. He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece. To ensure his trust, Artemisia secretly murders all of Xerxes' closest associates.
Years later in Athens, the Athenian council are quarreling over the imminent Persian invasion.Themistocles convinces them that all of Greece must unite in order to repel Persia. This means an alliance with the Spartans themselves. Themistocles heads to Sparta to converse with King Leonidas, but when he arrives he learns that Leonidas is consulting the oracle at Delphi after rejecting the Persian emissary. Instead, Gorgo speaks with him, and he tells her of his plan to unite Greece. Themistocles requests the assistance of their navy, but Gorgo is reluctant to side with him, as she is only interested in the preservation of Sparta itself, not the whole of Greece. Themistocles reminds her however that if all of Greece is to be free, they must eventually fight too.
Themistocles and the Athenians rally their fleet against the Persians in the first battle of Artemisium. Before the battle, Themistocles discovers that Calisto has disobeyed his father and infiltrated the army. Themistocles is impressed and promises to watch out for him. When the battle commences, Artemisia commands her general to humiliate the Greeks. The Greeks however know of a weak spot within the Persian ships; the sides. The Athenians promptly ram their ships into the Persians, gaining the upper hand. Their formation of triremes proves unassailable. Eventually Artemisia grows weary of the battle and decides to let the Greeks enjoy their small victory. Artemisia has her general cuffed and thrown overboard for his incompetence, and recruits another in his place. However, this general fails when Themistocles lures him into a narrow straight, allowing the Athenians to ambush the Persians and gain another victory.
•Sullivan Stapleton as Themistocles
•Eva Green as Artemisia
•Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes
•Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo
•Jamie Blackley as Calisto
•Callan Mulvey as Scyllias
•Although based on Xerxes the followup to 300 it was released 4 years prior the release of it.
In the wake of the Persians' victory over King Leonidas and his brave Spartans in 300 (2006), pitiless mortal-turned-god King Xerxes is bent on wiping out Sparta and Athens and conquering Greece. As Artemisia, the ruthless commander of the Persian Navy, assembles a massive fleet of ships and sets sail for conquest, Athenian General Themistocles ...
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Mortal-turned-god Xerxes is back, leading the Persian forces in their invasion of Greece. Starring: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey. Watch all you want. Join Now. This swords-and-sandals epic starring Rodrigo Santoro and Eva Green opened at No. 1 at the U.S. box office.
