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Synopsis: After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land.
Genre: Action, Fantasy, War
Director(s): Noam Murro
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2014
102 min
$91,024,535
Website
4,774 Views


You're right.

We must unite.

My fellow countrymen...

We can only judge the future

from what we have

suffered in the past.

Now, many of you here stood

with me at marathon...

And for those of you who served

and faced the cut and

thrust of battle,

you know how true peace is forged.

Do not be deceived.

Xerxes, the son of Darius,

is a wolf at our door.

Right here, right now...

We must choose:

Do we stand and fight

for Greece or not?

Argos...

Corinth...

Megara...

Athens.

Not even Sparta can match

the Persians alone.

We must persevere as one nation.

Or we will perish clinging

onto our own self-interests.

Send us the ships that we

need to defend Greece.

Themistokles will need more

than our cities' ships.

He will need our children

to join the fight.

And what of Sparta?

You send every ship that we have

to the northern coast of Euboea.

I will go and seek the help

of the great Spartans.

Still no word from the

messenger you sent to Sparta.

King Leonidas may

have been insulted

by your generous offer.

Perhaps I need to march

into Sparta myself

and burn it to the ground.

Remember...

When a king is loved as I am...

Much can be accomplished.

They would be fools to

resist my divine power.

Athens is attempting to

assemble a coalition.

It'll be nothing more than

a patchwork of ships.

Once these waters

have been traversed,

I will lead my force

across the land.

I will remind the cowards of Greece

that we have not forgotten

their insolence.

Rest and water the horses.

It's best I go alone.

Spartans don't get along

well with others.

Aah!

Spartans.

Themistokles.

You old snake.

What brings you this far South?

I've come to see Leonidas to warn him

that the Persians are on the march.

Well, you're too late.

Persian messenger already

presented his terms

to Leonidas.

Symbolic offering

of earth and water.

Spartans!

Know this and know it well.

That any Spartan's finest moment...

The greatest fulfillment

of all he holds dear...

Is that moment...

When he has fought his heart out

for the preservation of Sparta...

And lies dead on the battlefield...

Victorious.

Now, who is willing to

die at our king's side?

Themistokles.

You've come a long way

to stroke your cock

whilst watching real men train.

Queen Gorgo.

Shouldn't he be training them

to live at their king's side?

A new age is dawning, Gorgo.

Won't be long before men rise up

and shed the yoke of

mysticism and tyranny.

That sounds like a threat.

No.

An opportunity to join

the rest of free Greece

and stand against a true tyrant...

Unless, of course, you and Leonidas

have already made a

deal with Xerxes.

No terms were reached.

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Zack Snyder

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder is an American filmmaker, best known for his action, superhero, and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead. more…

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