Flaming rocks flying out of an erupting volcano is not the only thing that Gladiator Milo is worried about in director Paul Anderson’s “Pompeii.” Milo has to worry about fighting for his freedom as well as saving his beloved in “Pompeii”, which is brilliant but sometimes left the audience wanting more.
“Pompeii” is filled with non-stop action, passionate romance, and thrilling suspense. Although this film is ample, it has an underdeveloped screenplay, but the director does a great job of choosing a well-rounded cast, whose acting is exceptional, drawing the audience more into the film.
In this film, Milo (Kit Harington), finds himself fighting for his true love, Cassia (Emily Browning), while fighting for his own freedom, with the help of fellow gladiator Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).
Milo was raised by the romans as a fighter for entertainment. After being sent to Pompeii as the best and most feared fighter, he fights for his freedom, finds his true love, finds his true friend, and meets his true enemy.
Anderson incorporates action into this movie very well. In the last fight scene, the director does a great job of having the setting affect the fight as well as the flying fireballs coming out of the volcano.
Harington and Browning create a suspenseful relationship throughout the film, which draws the viewers into the movie. Milo goes through the flaming city of Pompeii to save Cassia, this creates suspense because their relationship causes the audience to have feelings for them, leaving them needing to know what happens.
Harington and Browning do a great job of capturing the time period making the audience feel as if they are in that era. The way the two actors act force the viewers to feel the presence of the roman, egyptian, and greek eras.
Anderson does a superb job of incorporating romance and suspense at the same moment to grab the viewers. For example, in the chase scene, Paul does a great job of creating a suspenseful chase scene based through love. Milo risked his life for his true love making the audience want to know if he dies or not.
Yet, while the film is masterfully directed, the graphics are not the best. For example, when the volcano erupts, the flying rocks were blurry and untextured. Although these details are subtle, it makes the editing come off as lazy.
“Pompeii” was very well written, filmed, and acted. The director did a great job of using his cast wisely and knew how to incorporate love scenes as well as action scenes into his film, but the graphics could have been improved.
This film is rated PG-13 and is shown nationwide.
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