This big-budget sword-and-sandal adventure lacks the energy and storytelling heft to amount to more than a guilty pleasure. Read critic reviews
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In 79 A.D., Pompeii, a bustling port city, stands in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Milo (Kit Harington), a former slave, is a gladiator who has caught the eye of Cassia (Emily Browning), a wealthy merchant's daughter. However, their difference in social status is not the only obstacle to their love; Cassia has been promised to Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), a corrupt Roman senator. When the eruption of Mount Vesuvius rains lava and ash down on the city, Milo races to save her before it's too late.
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Rating: PG-13 (Disaster-Related Action|Brief Sexual Content|Intense Battle Sequences)
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Genre: Adventure, Action, History, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
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Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody
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Writer: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $23.2M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Production Co: Constantin Film, Impact Pictures
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, SDDS
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Let's start with the positive: the movie looks great, the visuals and effects really work. Little else does, though. The cast acts wooden, the story is predictable and boring, borrowing many elements from Gladiator and the end is cheesy as hell. Overall a real waste of time.
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From a narrative point of view, this is an uninspired hodgepodge that simply recycles every cliché and convention of the genre (including an indestructible villain), being only worth it for the amusing, great-looking catastrophe, the nice score and Kit Harington's spectacular abs.
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If you don't know the story but seen the trailer then you will probably guess how it all ends, It did feel like a B-movie version of Gladiator, With some poor acting and dialogue, It plods along with some ok action scenes nothing new, I must admit when the volcano erupts it got better, The effects were pretty good and entertaining, I can't comment on the 3D as I watched the 2D version but I would of thought it wouldn't of made a great deal of difference, It's an ok film with some ok action, Great special effects but nothing more.
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The volcano ain't the only disaster vying for screen time in this block-bust of a flick. Chief among the disasters is Kiefer Sutherland, who puts on ill-fitting airs and an absurd British accent that seems to have been developed to entertain the minions at a children's garden party in North Hollywood. Kit Harington has lost any luster rubbed off from the Game of Thrones series, deadpanning his way through the muddle. The script is silly and defies probability. However, the special effects are pretty awesome with lots of hell fire and explosions to entertain the otherwise bored audience.
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