Molon Lave (come and get it)

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2007)

Persians invaded Greece for third time at 480 BC. king of the Persians was Dario's son, Xerxes. the 300 Spartans under king s Leonidas s leadership, according to Herodotus history at 480 BC fought against Persians and ALL OF THEM died because of Efialtis betrayal. the Spartan Falaga is described at the film extremely realistic. that was the way they used to fight in real. at the end of the day they were fighting over the dead bodies. it was real and not at directors imagination. the Persians had asked at the beginning of the battle from the Spartans to surrender and give up their weapons. they answered come and get it, Molon Lave in ancient Greek. a bit later the Greek fleet destroyed that Persians fleet at Salamina. the last fight took place at Plataies where the Greek soldiers from all over Greece beat Mardonios troops. the film is extremely realistic. you almost feel inside the battlefield don t lose it