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- Even though Anderson clearly had lofty ambitions for Pompeii, the film underwhelms in a number of key aspects: stale performances, an over-stuffed as well as ineffective narrative, and bland visual spectacle that, without captivating drama to make viewers care about the city and its people, falls entirely flat.
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Feb 21, 2014 · A 3D spectacle of a rich-girl/poor-boy romance and a volcanic disaster in ancient Rome. The review praises the action scenes and the villainous performance of Kiefer Sutherland, but criticizes the cliché dialogue and the lack of profundity.
Feb 21, 2014 · Pompeii: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. With Dylan Schombing, Jean-Francois Lachapelle, Rebecca Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland. A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator.
- (117K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- 2014-02-21
Feb 21, 2014 · In 79 A.D., Pompeii, a bustling port city, stands in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Milo (Kit Harington), a former slave, is a gladiator who has caught the eye of Cassia (Emily Browning), a...
- (169)
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- PG-13
- Kit Harington
Feb 21, 2014 · Pompeii Review - IGN. By Jim Vejvoda. Posted: Feb 21, 2014 8:00 am. Director Paul W.S. Anderson is no stranger to apocalyptic movies having made the Resident Evil film series and now he...
In Pompeii, young Milo (Kit Harington) is left for dead after Roman soldiers murder his family along with the rest of his people - courageous horsemen who fought against Rome's oppression. Before long, the orphaned child is found by slave traders who, years later, force Milo to fight for the entertainment of others.
Pompeii is set in the Roman city, but doesn't really feel like a historical drama. The gladiator characters provides a reason for scene after scene filled with hand-to-hand combat sequences, and the neighboring volcano justifies some big-scale fire-and-flood destruction.
- Filmdistrict, Tristar Pictures
- Paul W.S. Anderson
Pompeii is a 2014 epic romantic historical disaster film produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. An international co-production between the United States, Germany and Canada, it is inspired by and based on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii, a city of the Roman Empire.
