MOVIE REVIEW

BY: UZZIAH BONGOC & ROBB VILLASIN

TITLE: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

DIRECTOR : NOAM MURRO
GENRE: WAR/ACTION
STAR RATING ★★★★★
MAIN CHARACTERS:
THEMISTOCLES - A WISE ATHENIAN NAVAL GENERAL;
ALSO IS A POLITICIAN.
ARTEMISIA - A BRAVE GREEK WOMAN WHO SIDED WITH
XERXES AND BECAME THE PERSIAN’S NAVAL GENERAL.
XERXES - THE TYRANT GOD-KING OF PERSIA.
QUEEN GROGO- STRONG QUEEN OF SPARTA; HELPS
ATHENS IN BATTLE AGAINST PERSIA

FAVORITE SCENE/S

UZZIAH'S
ROBB'S

DISLIKED SCENE/S

ROBB'S UZZIAH'S
MOVIE SUMMARY
THE GREEKS ARE DEVASTATED AFTER FAILING TO STOP
THE INVADING PERSIAN ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF
MARATHON. THEMISTOCLES, HOWEVER, REFUSES TO GIVE
UP AND RALLIES THE REMAINING FORCES TO PREPARE FOR
ANOTHER BATTLE, THIS TIME AGAINST THE PERSIANS'
NAVAL FORCES AT SALAMIS. THEMISTOCLES AND THE
GREEKS DEFEAT THE PERSIANS AND SAVE ATHENS. THE
GREEKS ARE ONCE AGAIN UNITED UNDER THEMISTOCLES'
LEADERSHIP AND MARCH ON TO DEFEAT THE PERSIANS AT
THE BATTLE OF PLATEA, ENDING THE PERSIAN INVASION
AND ESTABLISHING THE CITY-STATE OF ATHENS AS A
LEADING POWER IN GREECE.

TIME PERIOD: 490 BC

SETTING: ANCIENT GREECE

PLOT:
THE PERSIAN NAVAL SHIPS LED BY A GREEK
WOMAN NAMED ARTEMISIA, WHO PERSUADED
XERXES TO BECOME A GOD-KING. HE LATER ON
WENT TO THE DESSERT AND RETURNED AS A
GOD-KING OF PERSIA. HE THEN LEFT ARTEMISIA
TO EXECUTE HIS REVENGE ON THE ATHENS BY
MAKING HER DEAL WITH THEM AT SEA. DUE TO
THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF PERSIAN FLEETS, THE
ATHENIANS ARE OUTNUMBERED AND ASKS FOR
BACK-UP FROM OTHER GREEK CITY-STATES.
AFTER TONS OF BATTLES, BOTH BRUTAL AND
DISTURBING,ALL OF GREECE TOOK THE BACON
AND OVERCOMED THE PERSIAN FLEETS

MESSAGE OF THE STORY:

THE MESSAGE OF THE STORY IS TO ALWAYS
PLAN AHEAD AND BE WISE IN DECISION-
MAKING. BEING OUTNUMBERED DOESN'T MEAN
WEAKNESS.