A truly visual masterpiece that disrupts the epic genre

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2010)

Zack Snyder is becoming one of the most interesting American directors for the originality and aesthetic nature of his work.
Here, the author of the remake 'Dawn of the Dead', presents us a beautiful graphic spectacle, a truly visual masterpiece that narrates the story of Spartan king Leonidas facing Xerxes, the Persian emperor, and his vast army.
Applauses to the emergence of a different and very developed style, loyal to Frank Miller's comic book, with memorable scenes of combat and a ferocious Gerard Butler, in a instant cult phenomenon action movie that disrupts the epic genre.