Her plan “to erase Athens from history” is an extreme one however, as are her actions throughout the film – most notably when she beheads a man and then makes out with his severed noggin. Which is a recurring theme in the movie, with most of the characters driven by revenge of one kind or other. Commander of the Persian navy, she’s ruthless, quick-tempered, and at times blinded by vengeance. ![]() His opponent in these water wars is Artemesia, by far the film’s most interesting character. ![]() But the challenge is even greater this time around, as his army isn’t made up of Spartan warriors, but rather boys, farm-hands, tradesmen and poets. And where the numerous battles of the first film happened on land, Rise of an Empire largely takes place at sea, with Themistokles’ 50 boats going head-to-head with thousands of monstrous Persian ships. However, where the Spartans of the first film were isolationists whose only motivation was self-preservation, Themistokles is fighting for a united Greece, his intention to spread the new Athenian concept of democracy. ![]() ![]() Sullivan Stapleton plays Themistokles, a Greek general who finds himself on a collision course with the Persians. But the story proper is one that’s very similar to its predecessor, albeit wetter. We therefore get some history, including an explanation of the grievance that started the whole sorry affair, and back story, with one of the film’s most interesting sequences revolving around exactly how Xerxes came to be a golden God.
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