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This big-budget sword-and-sandal adventure lacks the energy and storytelling heft to amount to more than a guilty pleasure.
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Undoubtedly watchable. May 1, 2014 | Full Review…
Undoubtedly watchable.
Peter Bradshaw
It's an average modern actioner: driven by technology, careless of the past, casually insulting to the audience, mindless in its violence. Vesuvius 1, movie-lovers nil. Mar 21, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's an average modern actioner: driven by technology, careless of the past, casually insulting to the audience, mindless in its violence. Vesuvius 1, movie-lovers nil.
Paul Byrnes
Is it wrong to root for the volcano? Feb 23, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Is it wrong to root for the volcano?
Christy Lemire
Parmageddon is nigh in this cheesy action melodrama that feels both overheated with plot developments, yet strangely curdled from a lack of histrionics that might have redeemed it as fun trash. Feb 21, 2014 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Parmageddon is nigh in this cheesy action melodrama that feels both overheated with plot developments, yet strangely curdled from a lack of histrionics that might have redeemed it as fun trash.
Joshua Rothkopf
Narrative has never been Anderson's strength; the story here is a corny overhaul of James Cameron's already-corny Titanic. Feb 21, 2014 | Full Review…
Narrative has never been Anderson's strength; the story here is a corny overhaul of James Cameron's already-corny Titanic.
Drew Hunt
No matter how much lava is afoot, there's always time to impale one more person with a sword. Feb 21, 2014 | Full Review…
No matter how much lava is afoot, there's always time to impale one more person with a sword.
Wesley Morris
Occasionally entertaining in its silliness, Pompeii just about avoids total disaster, but even the volcanic spectacle underwhelms in this largely joyless blockbuster. Mar 20, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Occasionally entertaining in its silliness, Pompeii just about avoids total disaster, but even the volcanic spectacle underwhelms in this largely joyless blockbuster.
Amon Warmann
If the film lacks energy up to this point, it more than makes up for it hereon in, saving this disaster film from being a complete and utter disaster. Mar 6, 2019 | Full Review…
If the film lacks energy up to this point, it more than makes up for it hereon in, saving this disaster film from being a complete and utter disaster.
Paula Fleri-Soler
As the film begins, the camera pans slowly over what appear to be statues, but which turn our to be the petrified remains of the citizens of Pompeii. These are the most multi-dimensional people we see on screen. Dec 11, 2018 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
As the film begins, the camera pans slowly over what appear to be statues, but which turn our to be the petrified remains of the citizens of Pompeii. These are the most multi-dimensional people we see on screen.
Di Golding
Filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson's misguided molten-driven melodrama Pompeii is not as explosive in conception as one would imagine based upon its manufactured, boisterous presentation. Nov 10, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson's misguided molten-driven melodrama Pompeii is not as explosive in conception as one would imagine based upon its manufactured, boisterous presentation.
Frank Ochieng
Pompeii is bad, but not at all in the interesting way. It's derivative and tedious, without an original thought in its head on any level. Nov 1, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/10 | Full Review…
Pompeii is bad, but not at all in the interesting way. It's derivative and tedious, without an original thought in its head on any level.
Jennifer Heaton
Besides some impressive technical wizardry, Pompeii lies in Paul W.S. Anderson's list of "let it burn" films. Oct 10, 2018 | Full Review…
Besides some impressive technical wizardry, Pompeii lies in Paul W.S. Anderson's list of "let it burn" films.
Nguyen Le
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.
Super Reviewer
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.
An average movie. Entertains and gives the viewer enough action for a Sunday afternoon!
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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