Great Historical Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2007)

I'm not a history buff nor do I expect a movie made for entertainment to contain purely educational material. However, I must admit I did not know anything of this spartan war so it actually was educational for me! It prompted me to research the real details of the battle after watching the flick.
Quite interesting!
The movie covered all the highlights of the facts while making it exciting to watch....even for a chick like me. ;-)
Definitely worth watching.
Only negative is that the special effects as related to the bloody shots weren't completely believable....but, their lack of "realness" made it somehow more glorified....