Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) by David N — 16 Aug 2014

Terrible movie.. too much coolio/testosterone to even be likeable or convincing. In short, they just simply tried to hard!

This review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) was written by David N on 16 Aug 2014.

300: Rise of an Empire has generally received mixed reviews.

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