"The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed."
King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) is confronted by emmissaries of the Persian king Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), wanting him to give tribute to the might of the Persian empire and become part of his kingdom. This is something that Leonidas cannot do. Thus Sparta goes to war against the Persians, and Leonidas gambles on stopping Xerxes vastly superior forces at Thermopylae, a narrow mountain pass. Due to a forthcoming festival (when no Spartan can go to war) and some tratorous politicians Leonidas has no choice but to only take 300 men, but can he really overcome such overwhelming odds?
The epic story of the Battle of Thermopylae, between the Spartan's and Persian's, that took place in 480 BC. Live action is rendered with rotoscoping, to present a more comic look and feel, making it look like a Tom of Finland take on the Spartan army. Remember before critisising it as inaccurate and portraying the Persians as monsters, this is based on a COMIC!
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