Tremoundous Action, OK Plot

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2007)

When I first heard this about this film I thought i was in for a graphic novel movie along the lines of Sin City. This was different for many reasons though. The historical plot was a nice change of pace to this nuanced movies of today and the grainy texture of the film was a terrific touch and the choreography of the battle scenes were extravagant but surprisingly realistic and devastatingly beautiful, including symnetry and imagery untrained to the human eye.
The plot was left a little to be desired with weak dialogue lulls in much of the film, but Gerard Butler (King Leonidas), gave stirring speeches to inspire his troops and the call of the Spartans was haunting and magical but was very primitive. Makeup was very nice as well the immortals were dressed as The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe, dressed with mystery.
All in all, a good action film, when there was a drought of good action films, with a weak plot