Perfect Payback movie

Rating: 9/10 (8 March 2007)

The first few minutes of the film were slow, but necessarily slow, as you were given background information you needed on Sparta to know why these people were the people they were. But once it kicked into the actual story it was awesome.
The action was solid, the acting was excellent except that someone needs to explain to Gerard Butler that louder doesn't always mean more powerful. But then again this is a "comic book" movie with a "larger than life" feel to it. This is quite a contradiction of a film in that it is both grotesque and beautiful. It is gory and shows the raw brutality of the life and war even more forcefully by showing the beauty of it as well. This combined with the dry, deadpan humor and testosterone dripping banter between the men throughout, provided the necessary moments for the audience to take a deep breath between the horrors.
I saw it on a regular screen, but it screams to be on IMAX. But be prepared, sometimes the cheering of the audience drowned out the actors.