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Critics Consensus: It's bound to hit some viewers as an empty exercise in stylish gore, and despite a gonzo starring performance from Eva Green, 300: Rise of an Empire is a step down from its predecessor.
Critic Consensus: It's bound to hit some viewers as an empty exercise in stylish gore, and despite a gonzo starring performance from Eva Green, 300: Rise of an Empire is a step down from its predecessor.
All Critics (185) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (81) | Rotten (104) | DVD (1)
The mere existence of 300: Rise of an Empire is worthy of note, especially the inventive means by which the story has been advanced.
Artemisia may ultimately have lost the war in this clash of civilizations, but she wins our hearts.
Don't be surprised if, two weeks from now, you forget it ever existed.
Long on crimson spurts of blood but low on character, larded with production value but bereft of any other kind of it, "300: Rise of an Empire' is a 3D joke.
There is much grinding of teeth, and mauling of history, and anachronistic use of gunpowder, until we plug our ears and desperately pray to the gods of Olympus, or the brothers of Warner, that they might make an end.
If the movie's action recalls video games, the dramatically artificial lighting suggests 1980s rock videos. Indeed, Rise of an Empire is so campy that it might work better as a musical.
[I]t retroactively makes 300 less interesting (if it was ever truly interesting to begin with).
It is fine and dandy if 300: Rise Of An Empire is the type of erratic cinema smorgasbord that some may feel drawn to in the orgy of grossness, nudity, debauchery and tawdriness...[an] empty-minded salacious spectacle
On a story level, Rise of an Empire is a superior film to its predecessor with a much better structured plot and more defined heroes and villains.
300: Rise of an Empire combined 3 things that I very much enjoy: shirtless men, powerful ladies and some good old bloody violence. That being said, if you're looking for anything more than that then you've come to the wrong place.
The visceral visuals that drove the first ferocious retelling of the ancient battle of Thermopylae -- have been ramped up, opening a new chapter in the bloody, epic saga of the proud and fragmented Greek nation's struggle for freedom.
Producer/writer Zack Snyder has recreated the depth of King Lear, only elevated to the sophisticated level of a YouTube comment thread.
A cheap excuse for an obvious rehash that, despite gorgeous visuals, has no vitality, intensity or a personality of its own - and its lame hero is even obfuscated by the sexy villain played by Eva Green, who we end up rooting for to slaughter every single Greek in that place.
Super Reviewer
The ties to the chronologically simultaneously happening original film are actually pretty well done. The story is not as straight forward and the visuals not quite as unique and striking, but still pretty impressive. The action is top notch, though and while some dialogs are just as shallow in their "die for honor" pathos the result is overall really entertaining. The end comes a little suddenly, while I would have been okay with following those battles a little longer. Still, pretty decent.
Not as visually impressive as the first "300" film, but it is still quite nice. The acting is rather poor and passionless with the sole exception of Eva Green who plays her roll of a an evil warrior temptress to the hilt. The story is coherent and somewhat entertaining, but not really as epic as history would have allowed.
Noam Murro's 300: Rise of an Empire never rises to greatness. Partly narrated, the 90 minutes of storytelling tends to get a bit tedious. The back story is a plus, along with some of the character background, but other than the 2 major leads, everyone else is forgettable. Done with a ton of green screen and splattered with CG blood, 300: Rise of an Empire gets tiresome visually. Other than some stylized swordplay in the finale, the violence is mildly amusing at best and hampered at times while the speed slows. Eva Green works her minutes with a high success rate. Her line delivery is fitting for her role. Lacking a bit in the charismatic department, Sullivan Stapleton still manages to put together a lead character. Despite some shining moments, 300: Rise of an Empire as a whole dissatisfies. No rise of an empire here.
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