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Pompeii

Pompeii (2014)

No warning. No escape.

Release:2014
Runtime:1h 45m
Country:Germany
Director:Paul W. S. Anderson
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureDrama
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Keywords

LavaGladiatorArenaGladiator FightNatural DisasterRomanForbidden LoveAncient Rome
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Pompeii rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.5/10· 121K votes
Rotten Tomatoes27%
Metacritic41%
TMDb5.549/10· 3K votes

With 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.5/10 on IMDb and 41/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Pompeii

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.

Cast of Pompeii

  • Kit Harington

    Kit Harington

    as Milo

  • Emily Browning

    Emily Browning

    as Cassia

  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    as Atticus

  • Kiefer Sutherland

    Kiefer Sutherland

    as Corvus

  • Carrie-Anne Moss

    Carrie-Anne Moss

    as Aurelia

  • Jared Harris

    Jared Harris

    as Severus

  • Jessica Lucas

    Jessica Lucas

    as Ariadne

  • Sasha Roiz

    Sasha Roiz

    as Proculus

  • Currie Graham

    Currie Graham

    as Bellator

  • Joe Pingue

    Joe Pingue

    as Graecus

  • Ron Kennell

    Ron Kennell

    as The Weasel

  • Rebecca Roberts

    Rebecca Roberts

    as Milo's Mother

Pompeii facts

Budget
$100M
Box office
$117.8M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Ancient Rome setting creates historically grounded visual spectacle
  • •Disaster sequences deliver exciting catastrophic action moments
  • •Forbidden love romance subplot adds emotional stakes effectively

What the audience disliked

  • •Gladiator arena scenes feel like melodramatic action spectacle
  • •Historical inaccuracy undermines the period drama credibility

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