300 (2007)
historical epic
directed
by : Zack Snyder
featuring
: Gerard Butler - Lena Headey - Dominic West - David Wenham - Vincent Regan
running
time : 1 hour 56 minutes
Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping
take on the historic Battle of Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy
of Dawn Of The Dead director Zack Snyder. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan
King Leonidas and Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo. The massive army of the
Persian Empire is sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that
dares stand in its path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering
King Leonidas power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will
of the all powerful Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), the strong-willed leader
assembles a small army comprised of his empire's best fighters and marches
off to battle. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes'
intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it
be known they will bow to no man but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta,
the loyal Queen Gorgo attempts to convince both the skeptical council and
the devious Theron (Dominic West) to send more troops despite the fact
that many view Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression.
As Xerxes' fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist
the Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan
warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae,
the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of Greece to stand
up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that would ultimately
give birth to the modern concept of democracy.