Critic Reviews for 300: Rise of an Empire on Moviebuff.com

Eva Green is absolutely the best part of this movie

Drew Taylor, The Moviefone Blog

If you suffered from a 300 hangover long enough to lust for another round of some exotic imagery and blood curling sword fights then 'Rise of the Empire' is the prime ticket this weekend

Tushar P Joshi, DNA

A weak story that ultimately makes you yearn for the original

Melissa Molina, ScreenCrave

The naval collisions and melees play out in panel-like renderings that are bold and satisfying for the first half-hour but lack the momentum and bombastic je ne sais quoi of '300'

Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times

Reimagining of the 1960s TV cartoon is fairly clever and entertaining, though without the original's deadpan wit

Elizabeth Weitzman, Daily News America

All this sequel can muster is some ocean-based eye candy and wall-to-wall stabbing

Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy

A sequel that's better than it has any right to be, 'Rise of an Empire' is an adrenaline-fuelled blast of bloody fun

Chris Tilly, IGN

'Rise of an Empire' curiously manages to be both prequel and sequel

Steve Macfarlane, Slant Magazine

'300: Rise of an Empire' gets a lot of mileage out of sheer venal spectacle

Glenn Kenny, Roger Ebert

This sequel is an attempt to do something a second time, but with none of the same feeling, inspiration or vision

Mick LaSalle, SFGate

Greek revival of a gory hit, this time without Gerard Butler, will only be remembered for an all-out Eva Green

Joe Neumaier, Daily News America

Other than for the pleasure of watching Green try to conquer ancient Greece dressed as a distant forebearer of Catwoman, more is less and a little late in this long-aborning sequel to the 2007 bloodbath

Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Eva Green gives a can't-miss performance in the crazy new '300' sequel

Drew McWeeny, Hit Fix

'300: Rise of an Empire' ups wow factor

Chris Nashawaty, CNN

'300: Rise of an Empire' is occasionally enjoyable, but ultimately lost at sea

Matt Goldberg, Collider

A visually-stunning film that is definitely worth-watching

Jihu Matta, BookMyShow

This kind-of parallelquel to Zack Snyder's Thermopylae outing is both bloody and dull, even if camply entertaining

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Contrived family drama drains the fun from the original's premise

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

It's a suitable companion piece to 300, doling out literal boatloads of action along with enthusiastically graphic violence and tales of the glories of war

Kristy Puchko, Cinema Blend

Prepare for battle, prepare for glory, but above all prepare to be entertained

Kyle Jenkins, GotchaMovies

This sequel to 300 is a predictable, blood-soaked take on the Greco-Persian clashes of Classical antiquity

Jenny McCartney, The Telegraph

The film is deadly dull and extremely disappointing

Chris Bumbray, JoBlo.com

Three visual effects houses and two vfxsupervisors share credit for the movie’s seamless integration of the real and the virtual

Scott Foundas, Variety

A visually dazzling action-adventure that features a grand star turn from Eva Green

Scott Mendelson, Forbes

It's great to see a big, violent quasi-historical fantasy epic with such a polished sword

Jordan Hoffman, ScreenCrush

Noam Murro's epic sequel is a dreary, bloody moshpit of men in leather skirts

Mark Kermode, The Guardian

The '300' sequel might verbalize how the 'Empire' came into power, but so tedious and un-excitingly executed is the tale, it’s doubtful anyone will be singing songs about this kingdom ever again

Rodrigo Perez, Indiewire

It's never dull, and in a world of action retreads content to rely on little more than quips, rapid-fire cuts, and traditional shootouts, this just might be more than enough

Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

Even more so than part one, '300: Rise Of An Empire' is a rotten power fantasy

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club

A sweet movie, funny and essentially decent

Matt Zoller Seitz, Roger Ebert

The abs strike back in '300' sequel

Jake Coyle, Yahoo News

Eva Green stands out in a film that's otherwise a similar second serving of slo-mo ultraviolence and showy camera work

Todd Gilchrist, The Wrap

The film exhibits a substantially better story-line, great performances from the cast, a slew of familiar faces from the first film and obviously excellent visuals

Andre Borges, DNA

Glory in gore

Mini Anthikad Chhibber, The Hindu

Despite its comic-book sensibilities, 'Rise of an Empire' is anything but family-friendly

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

You’ll all learn a little something, and have a lot of fun

Sean O'Connell, Cinema Blend

The film itself looks fantastic, awash in a red-sepia tone that dominates everything

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha, The Times of India