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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Orange County Register (218) on 06 Mar 2014

Murro may believe that he's directed an anti-fascist movie, but what he's really made is almost as coercive as fascist melodrama…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Mar 2014

Yep, it might have taken seven years, but the 300 franchise has returned with more hysterically historical butchery for your entertainment pleasure…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 06 Mar 2014

The spectacularly brutal fighting is the film's main calling card, and in that Rise of an Empire doesn't disappoint…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 06 Mar 2014

Basically, if the first “300” was a pep-talk from Coach on how to lose with dignity, Rise of an Empire is an inspirational speech on the…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 06 Mar 2014

It really is pretty dull, though, with the same moments of campy silliness: the same frowning gym bunnies with the same digitally enhanced abs…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Drew Hunt (128) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Mar 2014

The slow-motion battle scenes are technically impressive and occasionally elegant, but there's enough machismo here to choke a thousand NFL…

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By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 06 Mar 2014

With the newness gone, all of the bloody battles in Rise of an Empire come across as gratuitous and boring…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Dominic Corry (151) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 06 Mar 2014

The bold and bloody visual style remains reasonably compelling and the seafaring battle sequences mark the film apart from the original…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Mar 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…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Graham Killeen (120) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 06 Mar 2014

Eva Green shows up as the film's best visual effect, transposing a one-note henchwoman into a symphony of glowers, glares, gnashing teeth and…

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By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Mar 2014

Marching to the same beat as its predecessor, this belated follow-up delivers even more visual excess and brain-deadening bloodshed…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 06 Mar 2014

As far as history goes, and the box office dictates, there's plenty of room for a sequel. The ending almost commands it…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 06 Mar 2014

300: Rise of an Empire plays like a collaboration between the Marquis de Sade and Michael Bay. Or maybe the History Channel and the Saw franchise…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 06 Mar 2014

This isn't a film for purists, nor is it a film for those who delve into Herodotus in their spare time…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 06 Mar 2014

The only saving grace is Green, the reigning witch-queen of cinema…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 06 Mar 2014

Marvels abound early on, including a wondrous panorama of sacked Athens with reeking fires, howling armies, keeling-over statues…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 06 Mar 2014

A very dull sequel that cries our for the same kind of larger-than-life hero played by Butler in the original. Worth watching only for Eva Green…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 06 Mar 2014

300: Rise of an Empire only seems to exist to bolster the CGI blood industry…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 06 Mar 2014

Less bad, more just listless and disjointed. Eva Green is MVP by a long way…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 06 Mar 2014

Even with the uniformly good performances — and the standout work from Ms…

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