Cert: PG-13 , but his this should of been a 18 cert due to the nature of the film.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Screenplay/writers: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler , Michael Robert , Johnson
Starring: Kit Harington , Carrie-Anne Moss , Emily Browning , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , Jessica Lucas , Jared Harris , Joe Pingue , Kiefer Sutherland , Currie Graham , Dylan Schombing.
Running time: 105 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A slave is "inspected" by a woman who feels his behind and says that it is firm.
Violence & Gore: During a gladiator fight, you can see bloody puddles and bodies covered in blood
A man's throat is cut open during a fight
A young boy's entire tribe is massacred, including a scene where his mother is killed before his eyes. Later he sees the bodies of his tribesmen hanged upside down from a tree.
A slave bites off the fingers of another slave who is trying to drown him. Later we can see the bloody stumps of his fingers.
Several scenes of gladiatorial fights resulting in dozens of slaves and soldiers being killed. Though hardly any blood is seen, the killings are quite violent. Stabbings, slitting of throats and hacking off of arms is shown.
A man is stabbed to death in a cold blooded murder.
A riot ensues as the citizens of Pompeii flee from the volcano. A senator trapped within the crowd orders his guards to kill them all, which they proceed to do.
A man is stabbed by another in a swordfight. But the stabbed man snaps the sword into two and stabs the other in the neck with the broken sword.
Profanity: 1 bitch 1 bloody 1 bastard 2 damm
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some scenes of people drinking wine
Frightening/Intense Scenes: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius may be too frightening for children
The fight scenes may be too intense for younger viewers
Do not rely on the PG13 rating of this movie. It is almost on par with an R rated movie in terms of violence and body count. While nothing graphic is shown, the violence is still quite unsettling.
The final half an hour of this movie is filled with apocalyptic scenes, with flaming rocks raining from the volcano and destroying buildings, tidal waves from the sea mowing down everything in their path and widespread death and destruction. Young viewers may find it disturbing.
Likes : There are film that really haunted me this is one of them, knowing that this really happen in history must of been so frightening to those poor people that are still in-cased in ash today in the ruin city of Pompeii still with the last look on there face starring death in the face God rest their soul's.
I find this film brilliant done as it set the tone of the film with these haunting word's along with haunting music "In the darkness you could hear the crying of woman,the wailing of infants & the shouting of men,Some prayed for help,others wished for death,still more imagined that there were no gods left & that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness. Pliny the younger 79 A.D.
I believe these words gives the haunting eye witness as they saw the city of Pompeii in gulf-ed in fire & ash,which was is apart of the darkest history."Pompeii" tells the story of the legendary natural disaster that covered the Italian city of Pompeii and its residents in ashes, preserving their bodies for eternity. Like "Titanic," "Pompeii" mixes in a star-crossed lovers story into the disaster genre. Following the rich- girl-loves-poor-boy trope, a wealthy woman named Cassia (played by Emily Browning of "Sucker Punch") falls in love with an enslaved gladiator named Milo (played by Kit Harrington of "Game of Thrones").
Keith Sutherland acting in this film is good although i found his voice a bit weird but kid of suited the character but dam his character is an evil bastard.
Atticus (played by Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje of "Thor: The Dark World") is surprisingly well developed throughout the film. In the first act, Milo learns that he must face Atticus, a man who has been promised freedom after one more battle. Several scenes of dialogue in a prison cell and action in the arena they are forced to fight in give the audience a good feel for who these characters are and give a good enough reason to root for them. Considering that this is a disaster movie made by Paul W.S. Anderson, both characters have a substantial amount of substance to them, and the actors give good enough performances to make their friendship believable.
Though most of this fim it's surprisingly entertaining it does feel slow & it plays at a steady pace with a bit action & scene where you get to know the character, i think Emily brown is coming of age to be a brilliant actress as she plays the cute love interest milo, also doing a fantastic performance also a little short screen time Jared Harris & Carrie Anne-Moss who play Pompeii major i believe who built Pompeii, Milo played by Kit Harrington does a brilliant job of making his character believe this is, playing gladiator on a revenge path of his mother& his people, a big step up from the small screen of tv to the big screen we can see more of him in the future. The most frightening thing about this film is when the volcano blow's, because after that its complete chaos, the visual effect & C.G.I is amazing as you see the volcano throwing everything it has at the city, but you cant help to have tears in your eye's seeing all these people suffering.
I would hazard to say this is very close to history on what happen apart from the love story but this is no ordinary love story its more of a tragic but beautiful eternal love story with the way this film ended but its very though provoking when you think about Pompeii all those soul's lost in-cased forever. This is a film i highly recommend as this isn't a mediocre film in fact this is a film that will leave you thinking way after the credits role.
Dislikes : Keith Sutherland voice seem a little forced to me but apart from that if you can see past that this film is good.
Overall : Destruction, chaos, romance, brilliant special effects great story telling worth watching
Rating: 4.9 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story-line/ concept
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