Review of Pompeii (2014) by Daenerys S — 22 Jun 2014

Kit Harington ust stick to being Jon Snow please.

This review of Pompeii (2014) was written by Daenerys S on 22 Jun 2014.

Pompeii has generally received mixed reviews.

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1 star, for Kit Harrington's abs. Can't even say its so bad it's good. It's just bad…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 20 Feb 2018

There's not a single gesture that isn't a cliché, not a single line of script that isn't a stage direction or harvested shamelessly from Wikipedia…

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By Vicki S (97) on 08 Jan 2018

It can join my list of guilty pleasures, which includes Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time…

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By Dylan D (818) on 26 Apr 2016

A hodgepodge of destruction, love, and fighting that does not work at all. It should have been called Fighting and a Volcano…

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By Kristina K (624) on 22 Sep 2016

Again the critics can suck it! Its a great movie…

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