300 Reviews

So manly it makes Troy look like a Mary-Kate and Ashley adventure.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Wallowing in the same adolescent nihilism as his Sin City, this adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel suffers from a similar lack of momentum.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

As the first blockbuster of the year, 300 sets the bar high enough, and is enjoyably silly.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Despite a cracking central premise and outstanding visuals, 300 ultimately leaves you feeling more gutted than some of the disemboweled soldiers on display throughout the movie.

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If 300 represents an evolution in 'virtual' cinema, then at the same time it tells a story that transports us back to the violent roots of western civilisation.

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Awesome!

Full Review | Original Score: A+

Visually thrilling and viscerally satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Asscrack-ugly

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[Snyder] twists the brawn and battle into a cartoonish FX extravaganza with severed body parts and globules of blood flying across the screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

300 is a fun-fest of blood, mayhem, and absurdity. At its best, it is entertaining; when it's not at its best, it's pretty dumb. It's pretty dumb much of the time.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/5

300 has one-dimensional caricatures who talk like professional wrestlers plugging their next feud.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Zack Snyder's film version of the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley may look like the greatest music video ever made; whether or not it is a decent feature film is another question altogether.

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This is death and war as ancient poets might have imagined it, glorious and provocative ... 300 is a powerhouse actioner.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.0/5

All this bellowing and testosterone gets old fast -- especially since there's not much of a plot outside of the combat scenes, and the not-much-of-a-plot scenes are laden with dialogue worthy of Anakin and Padmé.

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The look and feel of this historic battle is perfect for the virtual backgrounds and obscene violence. Again, trust me on the violence.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

300 is an orgy of gore, a blood-letting on a titanic scale, a ballet of butchery in which half-naked men and the torrents of blood they elicit move in perfect, slow-motion choreography to a thunderous soundtrack. And I loved every minute of it.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Machismo, thy name is Sparta!

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

I still wish David Wenham weren't the narrator, but everything else about the movie is a brutal kind of hypnotic that keeps me coming back.

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Bloody, fanboyish retelling of an ancient battle.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A typical stupid action movie, with an extra dollop of stupid on the side.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10