A new international trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire (3/7/14) has premiered and I only skimmed through it and so maybe I didn’t see what differentiates this from the first one, but for the most part it looks like the same movie. What confuses me about this is that Zack Snyder‘s 300 was largely attractive to audiences because of its visuals, but if a second movie simply employs the same visuals won’t people be like, “Yup, seen it already”?
I don’t know, maybe that’s just me.
Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel “Xerxes” and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. 300: Rise of an Empire pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Artemesia (Eva Green), vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
