Constantin Film
Don Carmody Productions
FilmDistrict
TriStar Pictures
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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.
- Original title
- Pompeii
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA,DE
- Budget
- $100,000,000
- Revenue
- $117,831,631
Dark Jedi
Jun 29, 2014 · via TMDB
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.
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Kit Harington
Milo
Emily Browning
Cassia
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Atticus
Kiefer Sutherland
Corvus
Carrie-Anne Moss
Aurelia
Jared Harris
Severus
Jessica Lucas
Ariadne
Sasha Roiz
Proculus
Currie Graham
Bellator
Joe Pingue
Graecus
Ron Kennell
The Weasel
Rebecca Roberts
Milo's Mother
Jean Frenette
Boss Slaver
Dylan Schombing
Young Milo
Maxime Savaria
Biggest Thracian
Tom Bishop Sr.
Cassia's Carriage Driver
Jean-François Lachapelle
Milo's Father
Dalmar Abuzeid
Felix
Emmanuel Kabongo
African Gladiator
Brock Johnson
Flashback Centurion
Kristina Nicoll
Rich Wife #1
Janine Theriault
Rich Wife #2
Rodney Alexandre
Gladiator (uncredited)
Melantha Blackthorne
Celtic Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy Chimarios
Gladiator (uncredited)
Patrick Kerton
Celtic Gladiator (uncredited)
Alain Moussi
Celtic Gladiator (uncredited)
Harrison Astroff
Amphitheatre Spectator (uncredited)
Paul D. Austerberry
Production Design
Philippe Turlure
Set Decoration
Caitlin Cronenberg
Still Photographer
Wendy Partridge
Costume Design
Roberto Campanella
Choreographer
Andy Robinson
Digital Effects Supervisor
Ayo Burgess
Digital Effects Supervisor
Jason Cavalier
Fight Choreographer
Jean Frenette
Stunt Coordinator
Alain Chanoine
Stunt Double
Alicia Turner
Stunt Double
Ana Shepherd
Stunt Double
Cosette Derome
Stunt Double
Karl Campbell
Stunt Double
Kevan Kase
Stunt Double
Naomi Frenette
Stunt Double
Alain Moussi
Stunts
Alexander Mandra
Stunts
Alexandre Cadieux
Stunts
Andrei Kovski
Stunts
Andrew Butcher
Stunts
Angelica Lisk-Hann
Stunts
Branko Racki
Stunts
Brian Jagersky
Stunts
Brook Jones
Stunts
Casey Hudecki
Stunts
Danny Lima
Stunts
Darren Shahlavi
Stunts
Dillon Jagersky
Stunts
DL MacDonald
Stunts
Duncan McLeod
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E. Nova Zatzman
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Hélèna Laliberté
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Jamie Jones
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Jennifer Murray
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Joel Labelle
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Josh Madryga
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Larissa Stadnichuk
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Louis Paquette
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Matt Birman
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Michael Piticco
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Mimi Côté
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Moses Nyarko
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Naomi Frenette
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Neil Davison
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Nick Alachiotis
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Patrick Kerton
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Patrick Murray
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Paul Rutledge
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Ric Garcia
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Rick Parker
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Sean Delaney
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Shane Cardwell
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Sharon Canovas
Stunts
Simon Northwood
Stunts
Stéphane Simon
Stunts
Stephannie Hawkins
Stunts
Sue Parker
Stunts
Torianna Lee
Stunts
Zahari Grozdanov
Stunts
Paul W. S. Anderson
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Eddie Hamilton
Editorial Consultant
Ronna Kress
Casting
Peter Schlessel
Executive Producer
Don Carmody
Producer
Jeremy Bolt
Producer
Martin Moszkowicz
Producer
Paul W. S. Anderson
Producer
Robert Kulzer
Producer
Ric Schnupp
ADR Recordist
Clinton Shorter
Original Music Composer
Dennis Berardi
Visual Effects Supervisor
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