Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping take on the historic Battle of
Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy of Dawn of the Dead director
Zack Snyder. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan King Leonidas and Lena
Headey plays Queen Gorgo. The massive army of the Persian Empire is
sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that dares stand in its
path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering King Leonidas
power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will of the all
powerful Xerxes
(Rodrigo
Santoro), the strong-willed leader assembles a small army comprised of
his empire's best fighters and marches off to battle. Though they have
virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas'
men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man
but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, the loyal Queen Gorgo
attempts to convince both the skeptical council and the devious Theron
(Dominic West) to send more troops despite the fact that many view
Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression. As Xerxes'
fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist the
Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan
warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of
Thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of
Greece to stand up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that
would ultimately give birth to the modern concept of democracy.
Directed By:
Zack Snyder
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