300: Rise of an Empire
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Adam NaymanMar 6, 2014
By throwing herself headfirst into scenes that a more cautious actress might beg off, Green earns herself a citation for valour – a Purple Heart in a movie that’s otherwise way too grim and grey for its own good. Read full review
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The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 6, 2014
Forgettable and only mildly entertaining, 300: Rise of An Empire seals its own fate at the initial story level by being so deeply invested in its own mythmaking and playing super safe. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianStephen WhittyMar 7, 2014
Both a prequel and a sequel to the original tale, only with more bloodspilling and slow-motion, and even less wit or truth. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 6, 2014
When the film isn’t sloppily directed, it’s a series of lazy filmmaking tics, including fetishistic slow-motion shots of blood, water and sweat, as well as sundry dismemberments, impalings and decapitations. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 6, 2014
"300" was an innovative and imaginative action film, but the follow-up, 300: Rise of an Empire, is nothing but a disappointment. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneMar 6, 2014
Noam Murro gives the film nothing so much as a hit-refresh on the same glistening, impossibly golden and gray flecks of pixel-barf that have invaded the frames of every tent-pole studio release since the Bush administration. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 5, 2014
Murro doesn’t so much direct as frame and stage, placing the characters against digital desktop-wallpaper skies and constructing each battle scene as a showcase for the characters’ prowess and toughness. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 6, 2014
The only saving grace is Green, the reigning witch-queen of cinema. The smoky-eyed French actress, best known for “Casino Royale,” “The Golden Compass” and “Dark Shadows,” throws her all into the performance, going bare-chested at times, bared-teeth at others. She’s like Elizabeth Taylor’s "Cleopatra" possessed by a succubus — which is a good thing. Without her, 300: Rise of an Empire would be bloodless and brainless. Read full review
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Film.comJames RocchiMar 7, 2014
The empty violence and pointless style are only the biggest problems. Read full review
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