![]() It is, though, very different to your average ancient world war epic. I’m no aficionado of comics, though you don’t need to be to enjoy this (I actually don’t know if comic book fans would/did enjoy this maybe they’ll tell me). The Spartans are tough as hell but they still look to their king for leadership that’s as rock hard as Butler’s sepia-toned abs.ģ00 is based on Frank Miller’s comic book series. To give Butler his due here, he’s inspiring, focussed, and practical, and as usual when he’s playing someone who isn’t actually from Scotland, 50% Scottish. Okay maybe not that last one.Īnd this is a role you could say was made for him. That film where he snogged that woman who used to be in Friends. Mike Banning, single-handedly saving the American president several times in London Has Fallen. Dragon-fighting Creedy from Reign of Fire. Moving and inspiring you might think, but also a great bit of spin doctoring, considering they lost.Īlthough to be fair dying in battle for Sparta is a sort of victory in itself.Īt the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC Leonidas, King of Sparta, led 300 Spartan super-soldiers into battle against the Persian King Xerxes and his 300,000 fighters.Ī movie about such a hopeless yet simultaneously awe-inspiring task requires an actor who has a subtle understanding of the nuances of history, enormous muscles and a beard. “Relate this tale of victory” says Leonidas, King of Sparta, to Dillios (David Wenham), a soldier in his army who is heading back to Sparta, as the king faces certain death against the Persians.
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