Pompeii
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been 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.
26 February 1967, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
21 August 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
24 August 1961, London, England, UK
4 January 1983, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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25 December 1986, Zaire [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]
2 August 1964, Kingston, Jamaica
23 October 1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 December 1986, London, England, UK
3 March 1981, Ontario, Canada
July 14, 2015
Its impact is muted by the dull foreground figures.
February 21, 2014
Parmageddon is nigh in this cheesy action melodrama that feels both overheated with plot developments, yet strangely curdled from a lack of histrionics that might have redeemed it as fun trash.
February 21, 2014
More fun than any civilization's fiery extinction should ever be, Paul W.S. Anderson's Pompeii 3-D is gloriously exciting kitsch - a poor man's Titanic crossed with an even poorer man's Gladiator.
June 02, 2015
Pompeii 3D is a swords-and-sandals disaster epic that contains all the B-movie tropes you might hope for... The only element missing is a decent script.
June 21, 2016
Pompeii's recreated world feels especially hokey as the backdrop for shoddy sets, cheesy costumes and ludicrous dialogue.
February 23, 2014
Is it wrong to root for the volcano?
February 21, 2014
Narrative has never been Anderson's strength; the story here is a corny overhaul of James Cameron's already-corny Titanic.
March 28, 2016
Overall, Pompeii goes big on the action but lacks the gravitas of being a compelling story.
July 23, 2014
Sure, every character beat is hammy and predictable, but hey, not everything can be fine dining. Sometimes you just want a good cheeseburger and fries.
February 21, 2014
A mindless but watchable fondue pot of high-calorie visuals and ready-made plotting ...
April 23, 2015
Hammy performances, poor editing, straight-to-DVD special effects, and bland direction.
February 21, 2014
No matter how much lava is afoot, there's always time to impale one more person with a sword.
