Overwhelming and breathtaking epic film with all-star-cast

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2004)

It's a great adventure movie that offers a wide range of expectations of the epic genre . This historical movie deals with Troya war as a mamouth adaptation from classic poem written by Homer . Helena (Diane Kruger) , wife of Menelao of Sparta (Brendan Gleeson) , escapes with Paris (Orlando Bloom underwent archery training for his role as Legolas in Lord of the rings , 2001) and its two sequels). The Greek Army and ships go to Troya with Aquiles (Brad Pitt who trained for six months to get a body that looked like that of Greek statues) , the king of Micenas , Agamenón (Brian Cox) , and the Spartans . They fight against king of Troya (Peter O'Toole) and his sons : Héctor (Eric Bana) and Paris.
Wolfgang Petersen's film benefited from the effect "Gladiator" and offered the possibility of expanding commercial horizons towards a movie that achieved a big commercial success . The hand of the director carries out an interesting story as well as thrilling and unsweetened , reasoning the causes and motivations of their roles , taking their time and giving large doses of artistic genius . If you are accustomed to battles as Braveheart or Gladiator, you will enjoy with "Troy" , a great epic that shows the limits of the legend , which allowed Petersen to take some particular elements based on the "Illiad" of Homer . The battles are breathtaking , thousands of people took part though mostly were staged by means of computer generator . The tale is pretty violent , the struggles are very bloody and savage , in fact , Brad Pitt and Eric Bana did not use stunt doubles for their epic duel . The main cast is formed by big names who give acceptable acting . Support cast is frankly good such as Sean Bean , Garrett Hedlund , James Cosmo , Saffron Burrows , Trevor Eve , Nathan Jones , Nigel Terry , Vincent Regan , Tylor Mane and veteran Julie Christie . The movie is rated ¨R¨ for violence , profanity ,and brutal combats and that's why it isn't available for children , neither very early adolescents . Direction film by Wolfgang Petersen was allrightly made , cinematography by Roger Deakins is excellent and musical score by James Horner is spectacular , he composed the score in less than 6 weeks . Rating 7/10 above average
This events about Troy war have been adapted on various films : Silent movie titled ¨The Private life of Helen of Troy¨ by Michael Curtiz 1927 with Maria Corda , Lewis Stone ; Hollywood/Italian version ¨Elen of Troy¨ 1956 by Robert Wise with Jacques Sernas , Rosana Podesta , Stanley Baker , Harry Andrews ; Italian version 1962 ¨War of Troy¨ by Giorgio Ferroni with Steve Reeves , Juliette Mayniel, Lidia Alfonsi, Mimmo Palmara ; Italian recounting titled ¨Fury of Achilles¨ by Marino Girolami with Gordon Mitchell , Jacques Bergerac , Gloria Milland , Ennio Girolami . And a TV series 2003 by John Kent Harrison with Matthew Mardsen , Sienna Guilery, Rufus Sewell , Joe Montana,Daniel La Pine, James Callis , and Katie Blake as Cassandra.