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Pompeii

- No warning. No escape.

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

Release Date : 2014-02-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Don Carmody ProductionsImpact PicturesConstantin Film

Production Country : CanadaGermanyUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Milo

Original Name : Kit Harington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassia

Original Name : Emily Browning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Atticus

Original Name : Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corvus

Original Name : Kiefer Sutherland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aurelia

Original Name : Carrie-Anne Moss

Gender : Female

Character Name : Severus

Original Name : Jared Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ariadne

Original Name : Jessica Lucas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Proculus

Original Name : Sasha Roiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bellator

Original Name : Currie Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Graecus

Original Name : Joe Pingue

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Weasel

Original Name : Ron Kennell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milo's Mother

Original Name : Rebecca Eady

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boss Slaver

Original Name : Jean Frenette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Milo

Original Name : Dylan Schombing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Biggest Thracian

Original Name : Maxime Savaria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassia's Carriage Driver

Original Name : Tom Bishop Sr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milo's Father

Original Name : Jean-François Lachapelle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Felix

Original Name : Dalmar Abuzeid

Gender : Male

Character Name : African Gladiator

Original Name : Emmanuel Kabongo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flashback Centurion

Original Name : Brock Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rich Wife #1

Original Name : Kristina Nicoll

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rich Wife #2

Original Name : Janine Theriault

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ship's Captain

Original Name : Mark Whelan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harbor Child

Original Name : Anaïs Frenette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harbor Mother

Original Name : Donna Christo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harbor Boy

Original Name : Thomas Stumpo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gladiator (uncredited)

Original Name : Rodney Alexandre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celtic Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Melantha Blackthorne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Proclaimer (uncredited)

Original Name : Zachary Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roman Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Milan Carmona

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gladiator (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Chimarios

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roman Citizen (uncredited)

Original Name : Jay Da Costa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roman Archer (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Gonsalves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celtic Gladiator (uncredited)

Original Name : Patrick Kerton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Johnny Larocque

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celtic Gladiator (uncredited)

Original Name : Alain Moussi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amphitheatre Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Harrison Astroff

Gender : Male

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

For being a Hollywood attempt at ancient, non-American, drama this is a decent enough piece of entertainment. Unfortunately, as is too often the case when Hollywood tries to make these kind of movies these days, it is also underdeveloped, shallow and somewhat cheesy. The movie have a decent enough cast and I have to say that their performances are generally good. At least as good as the script allows for. The story is pretty straightforward. Young slave is forced to become a gladiator and he is good at it. Beautiful woman enters the scene and Amor gets to work. Bad guy enters the scene and does what bad guys usually does to screw things up. It is a simple story which allows much freedom and which of course is spiced up quite a lot by being set against the backdrop of an exploding volcano. However, the movie could have done a lot more with the story. Even though the special effects are miles more advanced than movies like Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston or works by Cecil B. DeMille it somehow fails to achieve the same impression of awe and grandeur. If you cut out the volcano a lot of the scenes felt just ordinary somehow. Well, it is still a decent enough piece of entertainment. I quite liked the character of Atticus and the gladiator parts are not bad. Some of the volcano effects are reasonably impressive as well. However, why is it that Hollywood producers and directors totally lack any form of knowledge of the subjects they use in their movies? You take an exploding volcano, which in itself should be enough, and then all of a sudden you throw in a tsunami wave which movies towards the volcano. What the f…? That is just so ignorant. I do not expect historical accuracy of a movie like this but Christ, you do not have to slap the faces of the thinking part of the audience like this. The scenes where the ships were coming floating through the streets of Pompeii was also the worst special effects of the movie, regardless of the ridiculousness of the entire tsunami thing. The end? Well, anyone who has read a few of my reviews knows that I am a sucker for happy endings so you can probably guess that I am not overly happy about this one. I guess one have to say that, at least, it was realistic though given that, once the eruption had started, there would be little way to get away from the volcano by any means available at that time.