Passionate dark moving fairy tale

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2007)

300 The mythical story of a small amount of Spartans holding out against a vastly larger invading army. The film is presented in a dark fairy tale still, but still can be taken seriously.
In style, this film is similar to Sin City, but personally I did not like Sin City as it was kind of, well, ridiculous and didn't work for me. Like Sin City the film does stretch reality, but somehow this works with the period setting and the mythical storytelling.
In fact it's quite a passionate and moving film about loyalty, honour, pride and bravery against the odds that captures the imagination with stunning camera effects and sound effects. Incredible battle scenes that are literally jaw dropping.
Highly recommended and very enjoyable and the best film I have seen in quite a while.
9/10