300 details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Andrew Pleavin, Dominic West, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Regan, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro, Andrew Tiernan, Tom Wisdom |
| Director: | Zack Snyder |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Sci-fi/Fantasy, Superheroes, Drama |
| Studio: | WARNER BROS |
| Collections: | 100 Swords and Sandals Films, Battlefield Films, Comic Book Heroes on DVD, Ezio's Top 10, Fighting Films, Lights Camera Action!, Once Upon a Time, Sexiest Men Alive |
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300 |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 57 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Oct 2007 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMGerard Butler is sent to save Sparta in this sword and sandals epic.
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superb
By williamsgwynfa (627 reviews) from gwaenysgor , 25 Apr 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
this film is superb, and my 12 year old son loved it.
it is spring in 480 B.C. Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father, Darius', master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas.
The previous Persian invasion, and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries requesting their surrender to Xerxes and slay them.
In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, which gives two options: either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed or Sparta will be burned to the ground.
A year earlier in 481 B.C. a panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states, have already recognized the superiority of the spartan army, (the best organized and trained army at the time) and have announced King Leonidas supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army.
It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes' way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage.This passage was at that time 12 metres wide.
The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1700000 Persians, against 7000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the spartan king elite guard.
King Xerxes waited for 4 days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents complete apathy who were following their daily program practicing and making their hair!
After that Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied 'molon lave', which means 'Come and get them'.
Then the 3 days battle began with the 300 Spartans, and 700 thespians, (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks), slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses.
The whole Persian campaign would have failed, if the Efialtes had not showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks.
After a final battle lead by king Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was completely slain, and their heroism and glory was written forever in history.
From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot in which they fell.
The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides.
The Persians' morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror, and organized their defense.
After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army, and repelled their invasion in the Battle of plataea in 479 BC.
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(912)Shallow and moronic
By a customer , 24 Apr 2013Moronic film. The less you have upstairs, the more you will like this crap. Appeals to the unintelligent duh!!! my biceps are / club is bigger than yours. The true story it is based on is unbelieveable. The Spartans (in real life) sound a bit mad to me. But this film was very shallow.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Entertaining watch it.
By Martinclan (3 reviews) , 16 Apr 2013Great movie, lots of action and battles, the movie & Butler should have got an Oscar, can't believe it was not even nominated. The main thing that sticks in my mind is strategy used in the fight, the tortoise is the best used mainly in the last battle. Brilliant film definitely worth renting.- Was this review helpful to you?
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brilliant film
By cheesekake (1311 reviews) from uk , 27 Mar 2013sword and sandle epic. bloody good film with lots of action with great scenes. Butler is brilliant again. Defo worth watching- Was this review helpful to you?
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decent movie with plenty of topless men ;)
By Ztrippy (16 reviews) from Stockton-on-Tees , 21 Mar 2013good movie filled with plenty of action to keep the viewer interested, plus plenty of topless men for the ladies ;)- Was this review helpful to you?
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Kicks all kinds of butt
By RJNeb2 (934 reviews) from London , 17 Mar 2013Snyder's all buffed up version of Frank Miller's graphic novel is a robust and exhilarating display of spurting blood, goosebump-inducing money shots and awesome digital effects, not least in the cast's sixpacks so vigorously on display. Of course, being based on a comic strip there's not much meat on the bones of the plot, but the story - about the 300 Spartan warriors who held off thousands of Persian oppressors - is incidental. This is all about how cool it looks, and, in that respect, it rocks.- Was this review helpful to you?
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