Review by Gene

It’s been nearly 8 years since Zack Snyder brought the famous battle at Thermopylae (“The Hot Gates”) to life on the big screen. 300 Spartan warriors (and some other less impressive Greeks) fought to the death against the Persian army invading their lands, and Snyder cemented himself as a legit director. Guys everywhere gravitated to this movie, imagining themselves as King Leonidas, fighting against the self-inflicted restraints of a treacherous fellow Spartan, while also fighting for freedom against a foreign tyrant king who fancied himself a god. The self-proclaimed god, Xerxes, is continuing his assault, but Rise of an Empire is much more than a follow up to the battle at Thermopylae. Continue Reading