After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land.
Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Although I watched this movie with low expectations from the previous title it totally disappointed me. 3D graphical effects lose their awesomeness after passing of first 15 minutes. The story is not even remotely historically correct nor good as fiction. Some actors play well but in the shadow of superficial story they could do no good.<br/><br/>This is just another movie made to appeal for 3D cinema market. It seems that they felt some force to include something in every scene that could be seen by 3D glasses. Particles passing in foreground out of nowhere. The movement design of particles is so poor that you can see how some one is setting a specific movement path for them. Maybe moving them by hand in a semi-random fashion; Unrealistic and bothersome. 3D blood effects are excessive. In every battle scene these computerized blood splashes could be seen spreading in slow motion in the air! After a couple of these effects it becomes repetitive as every other special effect in this movie. Watching someone play a modern video game would look much more realistic than this.<br/><br/>If you can ignore the 3D effects there is the awful story. They tried so hard to make connection between this and the original movie. However, they made it worse. And I don&#39;t understand why they felt the need to repeat words &quot;democracy&quot; and &quot;freedom&quot; so much! Moreover they made a black and white movie with no gray area. In this movie, Persians are the absolute definition of evil and Greek are the absolute definition of good, with the exception of treacherous Artemisia! I don&#39;t go into discussing historical facts, if you are interested go read some books. It is like some propaganda movie made to increase the moral of soldiers fighting for freedom and democracy in modern world.<br/><br/>Even as a standalone fiction many things do not make sense. The characters depiction is very superficial. There is some primitive effort to make some background for Artemisia, however it does not fit with the her personality in movie. She is not a clever military commander who is seeking revenge. She is more like a poor commander who is ready to kill her officers brutally and at the same time she invite the Greek commander to have sex with him! It looks like a misunderstood woman who is looking for a man! And this unnecessary sex scene is more like an effort to replicate a porn movie in 5 minutes. I think there is also some inspirations from game of thrones here. Showing some skin to make some guys happy? Acting is another poor factor. It is imaginable that acting with a green background and no real world clue around could be hard. The result show people who are trying to convey some meaning but does not make sense at all.<br/><br/>However this movie could be considered a good comedy. This is the movie that you can watch with a group of friends, so you can laugh during the movie by finding unlimited number of flaws in story or funny special effects. There is no history here, maybe a result of bite size information age. Story is disappointing and pointless.
In recent years, Gerard Butler has disappeared into a stream of forgettable, lacklustre movies - which is what&#39;s so surprising about how much he&#39;s missed in 300: Rise Of An Empire. It&#39;s not like he could come back, anyway, since his character met such a grisly, noble death in Zack Snyder&#39;s genre-defying, blood-guts-and-glory epic 300. And yet, this &#39;equal&#39; - the narrative takes place before, during and after 300 - noticeably suffers without the brute-force charisma of his inspirational Spartan King Leonidas. Fortunately, Eva Green steps in and fills his shoes (sandals?) admirably well as the antagonist of the piece, even though the film meticulously constructed around her might not be entirely worthy of her efforts.<br/><br/>While Leonidas and his 300 men do battle on land to hold off the invading forces of Persian god-king Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), the Athenians are worried about the looming threat of war at sea. General Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) and his army of farmers and poets cannot be assured of help or reinforcements from the other Greek city-states. This failure to unite the disparate forces of Greece seems to hand certain victory to the enemy: the Persians possess a far superior naval fleet commandeered by the vengeful, ruthless Artemisia (Green) - who, for dark reasons of her own, will not rest until Greece is wiped from the face of the earth.<br/><br/>The curious thing about 300: Rise Of An Empire is how it manages to be, in one fell swoop, better and worse than its predecessor. On the plus side, it has considerably more story-telling ambition, expanding the scope of its tale to encompass historical context that simply wasn&#39;t required in 300. This is mostly done well, although the exposition-heavy opening speech by stately Spartan Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) might prove more confusing than enlightening. When the film settles into its groove, however, it actually proves quite fascinating to piece together the twists and turns that led up to Leonidas&#39; last stand against Xerxes, and to realise how this epic battle is but one small thread in the entire tapestry of war between Greece and Persia.<br/><br/>But the film&#39;s Grecian protagonists are also considerably less compelling than Leonidas and his brave 300. Themistokles is a frustratingly colourless presence on his own, and his moments of purportedly heart-rending brotherhood with his lieutenants - played to great operatic effect in 300 - never amount to much. He brings young Calisto (Jack O&#39;Connell) into the war, despite the objections from his buddy Scyllias (Callan Mulvey), who just happens to be Calisto&#39;s father. But the lessons learnt by father and son are rote rather than rousing. As a result, the film lacks the visceral emotional impact that would lend weight to its many scenes of frequent, over-the-top blood-letting. 300: Rise Of An Empire also shades, a few too many times, into unintentionally funny territory (&quot;ROCKS!!!&quot;), which derails the narrative and makes it harder for the film to find its metaphorical footing again.<br/><br/>Fortunately, everything about the film improves by leaps and bounds each time Artemisia strides on screen (which, thankfully, happens quite a lot). The film may be based on Frank Miller&#39;s graphic novel Xerxes, but it should more rightfully take its name from this warrior who conducts the bloodshed and mayhem like she would an orchestra, with easy, ruthless determination. As Artemisia, Green radiates ice and coldness - she has the bearing and look of someone frozen in her rage - even as she boils with the earthy heat of vengeance. Stapleton, who looks beautiful but doesn&#39;t really manage to communicate the soul of his character, comes properly to life in his scenes with Green, particularly in a bruising encounter onboard her &quot;barge&quot; in which their bloodlust becomes something quite literal.<br/><br/>Aesthetically, the film is often quite lovely to look at, although one can&#39;t help but wonder whether director Noam Murro might have gone a bit too far in trying to recapture the bold, unusual, heightened look that so defined 300. His many, many battles - all digitally created - are bathed in grim, highly-contrasted colours, arcs of blood black in the dying light. After a while, it becomes somewhat monotonous, even when ships clash and men tumble to their deaths on a regular basis.<br/><br/>What 300 most lacks amidst its testosterone-fuelled blend of bravery and bravado is a stronger feminine presence. On that count, 300: Rise Of An Empire has a great deal more going for it. Artemisia remains fierce and powerful in her own right throughout the film, sparring with Themistokles in an equally-weighted battle of brains and brawn. Headey, too, has much more to do than she did in 300. It&#39;s somewhat sad, then, that their male counterparts can&#39;t quite hold up their bits of the film. Otherwise, this new installment in the 300 franchise might have found itself in the enviable position of outshining its predecessor. Instead, it&#39;s a rather compelling, if not entirely successful, attempt to look beyond the courage and sacrifice of Leonidas&#39; intrepid 300.
Just as bloody yet much more conventional, 300 #2 offers splashy thrills aplenty but fails to make a watertight case for its own existence. Green, however, ensures it stays afloat.
Events which occur before include the Battle of Marathon and Xerxes becoming the God-King.
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