Testoterone-drenched, balls-to-the-wall, historical epic...and it is awesome!

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2008)

I was actually really happy when this film came out, and not just because of the hot, sweaty half-naked men the entire time. It was because this was a real movie coming out at a time when there were tons of very dumb chick flicks and this movie filled a need for a hard movie in a time when the box office had gone soft. The film may not have been historically accurate, but it makes up for that with its beautiful CGI and acting with a stellar cast of Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and David Wenham (Lord of the Rings), and the slow-motion throughout added an interesting allure to the film that hadn't been seen before. This was a fantastic film and I defy anybody who says otherwise.