Outstanding and highly graphic.

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2007)

An absolute knock-out. Photography as good as it gets. 300 is based on a historically-inspired comic book series later to become the novel by Frank Miller. The retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae circa 480 B.C. may be historically inaccurate, but hell fire its a great movie. King Leonidas(Gerald Butler)of Sparta collects his best soldiers numbering 300 strong to defend against a Persian invasion. Leonidas knows this battle will be suicidal, so he only selects men that have sired a male child to continue linage. The mission calls for stopping King Xerxes's(Rodrigo Santoro)invasion of Greece at Thermopylae. A hunchbacked Ephialtes(Andrew Tierman) betrays the Spartan's planned passage through the narrow cliffs; this will allow the Persians too surround the overwhelmed Spartans. Dilios(David Wenham)is dispatched to tell the story of the sacrificial battle and to expound the glory of the 300. This film contains tremendous in-your-face graphic battle scenes. Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo. Also in the massive cast: Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Tom Wisdom and Michael Fassbender. 300 is awesome.