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Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2008)

This film has a dual nature: it's a bad historical movie and a good action one. It's the story of 300 Spartans that defied 600.000 Persians, but the 5000 Greeks (mainly arcadians) that fought there too are not even mentioned. That's why it's a bad historical movie (one reason from 300 others), but it's not the only reason. The fights have rhythm, the choreography is good, it's fun to watch. Yes, the film is racist: the good guys fight for peace and freedom (now where have we heard that before?) and the bad guys come from the Middle East and have suffered genetic modifications. If they put a mustache on Xerxes, I could swear he was Saddam or Osama.
Do you know what is a bad historical movie and a good action movie all in one? A propaganda film.