
First off, there was a gratuitous amount of sex and violence in this movie. I probably only saw about a third of it cause I was covering my eyes during all the killing and nakedness. There were people without clothes! That alone makes this movie questionable. But it gets worse because those same people do very naughty things (I’ll leave it to your imagination if you haven’t already seen it). Did I mention the violence? If there is such thing as a pornographic orgy of death, this is it. There are actually scenes where Leonidas can be seen hacking into a nameless Persian’s abdomen as all his limbs miraculously separate from his body. I guess I should’ve known what to expect from a movie with a blood soaked movie poster.

If sex and violence weren’t enough, this movie ironically betrays the principles that it seeks to instill in the audience. It talks about virtue, honor, and reason, but what reason is there in this senseless orgy of violence and sex? How dishonorable is this over sexual and hyper-violent portrayal of women and warfare? How debasing and ignoble is it to illicit our lust and our passion with these scenes of rapine and violence? The thin veneer of civic virtue in this movie serves only to obscure the blatant promotion of vice for purpose of shameless corporate profits.
Was I the only one who saw the blatant parallels between the martyrdom of Leonidas and the crucifixion of Christ? If you didn’t here’s a recap: Xerxes plays the part of Satan/False God tempting the Christ figure of Leonidas. Ephialtes plays the part of Judas and betrays Leonidas.


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