The Epic of all Epics

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2004)

One of my favorite films of all-time is Gladiator. This film was better than that. With an all-star lineup, 'Troy' tells the epic story of Homer's Iliad. Achilles (Pitt) is the rebel warrior of Greece who reluctantly agrees to fight with Greek King Agamemnon (Cox) against the city of Troy. Peter O'Toole plays the King of Troy, while Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Eric Bana (Hulk) play his two sons, Paris and Hector, princes of Troy. When Paris willfully kidnaps Helen of Sparta (Krueger) and brings her to Troy, it prompts Agamemnon to go to war with Troy in order to get her back, although the Greek King desires to destroy the city, caring little about the safe return of his brother's wife. The acting is great, as is the fight scenes, including the one-on-one fight scene between Hector and Achilles. The film is definitely worth a full price ticket, and is actually filled with more elements of dry humor than I would have expected.