I haven't seen this one, but she did well in Casino Royale.
Well, if you’d like to see a really well done battle scene (with a good measure of historical accuracy) try this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOVVYswNE-c
By the way, the whole movie “Mongol” is available on YouTube.
I found it to be fascinating and really well done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWt-FXJhLdI
Timely review, thanks. Just last night someone recommended we see it. They couldn’t say enough good about it. Glad we didn’t head right out there.
Bossy girl gone wild!
Pass
The fighting female cliché has ruined the Sword & Sandals (as well as Sci_FI) Genre,
Every movie of the genre now seems to have a 90lb waif empowered woman who can somehow easily take on and beat multiple 250lbs+ guys.
Once the "wow, she is really hot factor wears off", It get's pretty old and silly fast
Since I knew the story of the 300 I purposely avoided this blood fest
that movie was blasphemy!
it was madness!
Just get a copy of the old movie THREE HUNDRED SPARTANS with Richard Egan.
To anyone who hasn’t seen the movie, several annotations.
1) Yes, it is ultraviolent. It is also extremely stylized, almost to the point of animation, and very few movies are technically comparable to both 300 and its sequel. Visually it is very intense as well.
2) The movies are ridiculously macho, with as much testosterone flying about as blood, of which there is copious amounts. Both men and women theater goers are left panting, but for different reasons.
3) The Persians are depicted as caricatures, and very monstrous ones at that. In the first movie, you could guesstimate that the Persian leader is around 8 feet tall.
4) Because of the intensity and violence, they truly deserve a legitimate NC-17 rating.
5) This being said, 89% of the audience liked ‘300’ (IMDb rating 7.8). 300: Rise of an Empire (IMDb rating 7.1) fared less well, but is still very popular.