A prequel/sequel that at times parallels the original 300 movie telling the story of Greece and the fight against the invading Persian army led by a god King. The action/fighting scenes were amazing but as good as they were it made for many unbelievable moments. Not as good a 300 due to the lackluster acting. A lot of battle scenes and blood to satisfy the typical action movie lover. Beyond that there is not much to gain from this follow up to the superior original

A feast in so many ways! Unbelievably clear, brilliant photography. Very graphic, but never ceases to amaze. The film is ultimately not as exciting or entertaining as its predecessor, but nevertheless still fascinating. Plot flaws galore, it doesn't quite made sense why Themistokles went to Artemisia's ship, as it seemed like a suicide mission, but the sex scene that subsequently followed was indeed one to behold!The film does become a bit repetitive and the slow motion overdone, but the eye candy more than compensates for this! Sullivan Stapleton makes a likable hero.

Saw this movie recently because I enjoyed the original 300. However, this movie was awful. So awful that I created an account to warn others. The only character in this movie that generated any resonance with the audience is Artemesia. The movie was an excuse to use 300- esque graphics without any of the story or heart. You actually root for the Persians as it was really the only story-building the movie did. You saw how Xerxes rose to power, but very little about our protagonist. As such, I found myself pitying the Persians and found the Greek characters lacking any dimensions

I finally got around to watching this movie and WTF were they thinking when they created this one? It fails in every way to live up to the original film. I was expecting something completely different than this half mess. I like about one-half of this film and the other half I didn't.The story is a far cry from the first movie - it sucks, badly sucks. I really expected this follow-up to sorta pick up where the first film left off and not a half messed up prequel.What I did like was the battles and costuming... and that's about it. Most of the actors are okay but could not hold a candle to the first film. My beef with it is the story stinks for the most part.I'm rating it a 5 out of 10 because I half way liked it, and half way didn't. I would recommend the first movie but not this one.5/10