Pompeii

Pompeii

Rating 7 out of 10

Before this movie I had heard of Pompeii and knew they had a bad day with a volcano.  That was about it.  I knew nothing else about it.  When it happened or even where it was.  Turns out Pompeii was a small town in South Italy built just outside Mount Vesuvius.  It was destroyed in 79 AD

The movie Pompeii is part Gladiator, part Romeo and Juliet and part 80s disaster movie.  Milo (Game of Thrones Kit Harington) as a child watches the evil Roman soldiers led by Corvus (Keifer Sutherland playing a bad guy) slaughter his whole village to set and example to other villages what happens if you defy Rome.  He becomes a slave and eventually becomes a gladiator killing others for the enjoyment of Romans.  He catches the eye of the local princess (Emily Browning) when he helps with her favorite horse.  Here we get the forbidden love.  We know there is little time before the volcano blows.

This movie is no Gladiator or even close.  I was entertained.  The acting is pretty good.  The scenes where the volcano does blow and destroys everything is quite impressive.  The action and fight scenes are pretty good.

You won't stand in line to buy the dvd but if you like these type movies I think you'll be mildly entertained.  I was.