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Surprisingly enjoyable sequel "300 Spartans" Zack Snyder, shot with a rare visual flair. 5th century BC. e. In one of the battles in the eyes of the young Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) mortally wounds his father, the Persian king Darius. On the advice of Artemisia (Eva Green), a Greek by birth, who fought on the side of the Persians, Xerxes goes into the wilderness, where after passing magic rituals reborn in God. His huge army attacks the Greek city-states, burning and killing anyone who gets in her way. While the king of Sparta Leonid (Gerard Butler), along with 300 soldiers in the battle of Thermopylae is the gorge, the Athenian Themistocles constrains the Persian fleet near the island of Salamis. In the naval battle he is confronted with cunning and cruel Artemisia, thirsting for blood and vengeance. Noam Murro film - rated sequel "300 Spartans" Zack Snyder, visually perfect adaptation of the famous comic book by Frank Miller. The authors of "Rise of an Empire" again turned to the rich heritage of scenes Miller (who in turn told safely in the right way for themselves the important events celebrated Greco-Persian Wars), where the sea confrontation Themistocles and Artemis is perhaps the logical continuation Leonidas and Xerxes confrontation. However, in such cases, historical accuracy is not critical (in fairness it should be noted that the revelation of distortions and obvious distortion of facts in "Rise of an Empire" is not so much), we are still on the comic rather than the writings of Herodotus. In this sense, the mission director Murro - show another important battle of ancient Greek history with no less than that of Snyder, fuse and drive - can be considered quite successful. Like the 2006 film, "Rise of an Empire" - is primarily a riot of colors, fantasy art directors and masters of special effects. Some frames can safely framing expensive frame and hang on the wall. Beautiful, dammit! Yes, in the short-lived moment of respite Themistocles enthusiastically talks about democratic freedoms, for which no shame and die. But even this pathos powerless against both fascinating and frightening brutality action scenes. Presumably, the film was shot primarily for them and not for the sake of talking about eternity. Typically, in such cases, any extension is always one step behind the original. It is simpler, slower and lightweight. "Rise of an Empire" - a pleasant exception to the rule. In Murro get practical model kinokomiks. History of Ancient Greece for him to learn, of course, it is not necessary, but from everything else you can get a fair share of audience satisfaction.