(Not that I’m knocking William Wyler’s Ben-Hur, mind you.) There’s 300 times more bloodshed, battles, rough sex, and even rougher weather here than in Snyder’s original film, and director Murro keeps what feels like an umpteen number of amphoras spinning simultaneously. Even with its relatively brief running time, 300: Rise of an Empire suddenly makes genuine Hollywood historical epics like The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur seem tame by comparison. It outmaneuvers that other recent Aegean “epic” – Pompeii – in every department. Less of a sequel than the second, meanwhile-back-at-the-farm half of Zack Snyder’s 2007 blockbuster 300, this is a righteously gory and spectacularly imagined entry into what is almost certain to be a major studio franchise for years to come.
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