Themistocles heads to Sparta to converse with King Leonidas, but when he arrives he learns that Leonidas is consulting the oracle at Delphi after rejecting the Persian emissary.
This means an alliance with the Spartans themselves. Years later in Athens, the Athenian council are quarreling over the imminent Persian invasion.Themistocles convinces them that all of Greece must unite in order to repel Persia. To ensure his trust, Artemisia secretly murders all of Xerxes' closest associates. He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece. When he emerges again, he appears as a nine foot tall being draped in gold. Xerxes eventually stumbles upon a cave and submerges himself in an otherworldly liquid. She commands the priests to bless Xerxes and sends him into the desert. She tells Xerxes that he must become a God King to defeat the Greeks. Xerxes mourns his father's death for seven days, but Artemisia still lusts for vengeance on the Greeks, and uses the opportunity to twist Darius' words. Darius advises his son Xerxes to end the war with Greece and leave them to their ways, declaring only the Gods can defeat them. The Persians subsequently retreat back to their realm, and Darius' admiral Artemisia arrives in time to hear the dying King's last words. Yet as Themistocles beholds Xerxes, he knows that there will be repercussions for Greece. Darius' son, Xerxes, is also present, and dismayed by this. During the battle, Themistocles sees a chance to wound the Persian King Darius, and shoots an arrow into his chest. The film then shows the Athenians, lead by general Themistocles, ambushing the Persians while they are docked. As Gorgo narrates the story, she mentions how the Greco-Persian War started with the battle of Marathon. Xerxes advances on the corpse of Leonidas and beheads him to signify his victory. The film opens with the lifeless bodies of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. Knowing his only hope of defeating the overwhelming Persian armada will be to unite all of Greece, Themistocles ultimately leads the charge that will change the course of the war. Noam Murro is in charge of the carnage for this one, which will arrive across the pond on Maand probably not long after that over here.The story pits Greek general Themistocles against the massive invading Persian forces, ruled by the mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and led by Artemisia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy. That won’t be easy, as the effort pits him against against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Artemisia (Eva Green), vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
With the new Hobbit** poster quickly followed by the trailer this week, can we take today’s arrival of the new teaser image for 300: Rise Of An Empire as a sign that the first footage for the battle-happy sequel will be marching online soon, even with the shifted release date? We’ll have to see, but for now take a look at the new image.īlood and water are very much the defining elements of this one, with Sullivan Stapleton’s Athenian general Themistokles looking pensive as a bloody sea rages behind him.īased on Frank Miller’s graphic novel Xerxes and told in the same visual style as Zack Snyder’s original film, this new chapter of the saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield – on the sea – as Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war.
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