So the highly stylized hyper-real world created by Snyder remains the same, as does the multiple combat sequences with swiping swords and buckets of blood.Īnd, like the original 300 - which earned a whopping US$456-million worldwide - there is a daring sex sequence and “lots of six-pack soldiers with no shirts on.” She’s obsessed with revenge and, yes, she’s bonkers Snyder knew that Murro would be a loyal successor. “There was no way I could do it,” the writer-director said of the 300 sequel. His Man of Steel production got in the way. That’s not because Snyder passed on the challenge.

And while the script’s again co-written by Zack Snyder, he is replaced as director by Noam Murro. The new film, like the first, is based on a Frank Miller graphic novel.

But she’s worked hard to find those roles.Ĭertainly, Artemisia is a most determined female character for the 33-year-old to portray in the new movie, which is a sequel to 2006’s hit 300. “It’s quite rare to see strong women in film,” Green said at a Beverly Hills hotel suite. The movie, like its 2006 predecessor 300, looks like a combination of a firefighters’ calendar and Halloween on Muscle Beach. There’s a scene in the computerized, beefcake history lesson 300: Rise of an Empire, where the evil Persian warrior Artemisia uses her sword to lop off the head of a prisoner, sending torrents of CGI blood - a thick, viscous substance that’s a torrent of maroon in the film’s saturated palette - streaming across the screen in stylistic slow motion.Īrtemisia then lifts up the head, kisses it on the lips, and flings it right at us, a piece of horrific flotsam that floats in three dimensions across the violent landscape of ocean waves, abused galley slaves, fierce warriors and armies of bare-chested guys who seem to have arrived fresh from three hours of free weights.

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