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300 is a 2006 historical fantasy film based on Frank Miller's comic book series of the same name. It depicts the fictionalized Battle of Thermopylae between 300 Spartans and the Persian army of Xerxes.
Mar 9, 2007 · Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read user and critic reviews of 300, a film based on the ancient battle of Thermopylae. Learn about the plot, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more of this stylized and graphic movie.
- (865K)
- Action, Drama
- Zack Snyder
- 2007-03-09
At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas (Gerard Butler), king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits ...
- (237)
- Zack Snyder
- R
- Gerard Butler
The movie involves a legendary last stand by 300 death-obsessed Spartans against a teeming horde of Persians. So brave and strong are the Spartans that they skewer, eviscerate, behead and otherwise inconvenience tens of thousands of Persians before finally falling to the weight of overwhelming numbers.
In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers.
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King Leonidas of Sparta leads 300 powerful warriors into an epic and bloody battle at Thermopylae against the massive invading forces of King Xerxes. Watch trailers & learn more.
Mar 9, 2007 · About. In this ferocious retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae based on the epic graphic novel by Sin City creator Frank Miller, King Xerxes of Persia (Rodrigo Santoro -- Lost) amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from Asia and Africa, to invade and conquer the tiny, divided nation of Greece in 481 B.C.