Very good History/military/horror movie...

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2007)

A good movie. Certainly not one for the squeamish. Even I, and avid horror movie guy, was tempted to turn my head a couple of times. This is by far the bloodiest, most violent movie I've ever seen. There are some flaws in the story (Read Herodotus' "The Histories" book seven to get the real story) but, overall, the story has some solid historical truths. As a ancient history teacher, I believe this is an appropriate movie to watch. Unfortunately, my students are too young to watch it. If you value things like honor, duty, and others you will find this to be a very heroic story. I like trying to take movies and applying to the present. There was a message in the movie for Ted Kennedy, and the other leftist zealots..."Freedom is not free". It wasn't in c.590 B.C. and it isn't now.