Movie Trailer: Pompeii (2014)


If I didn’t read otherwise, I’d swear Roland Emmerich was the director behind FilmDistrict’s upcoming film Pompeii. Why? Well because it’s got his trademarks all over it, including his oft-criticized, over-the-top, CGIed-to-death disaster sequence. Apparently, however, Paul W.S. Anderson, director of such bombastic outings like “Resident Evil: Retribution” and “The Three Musketeers” asked to borrow it, as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is the backdrop for his slave turned gladiator love story. Needless to say, my hopes aren’t exactly high that this production is going to be anything more than big budget visual effects for the sake of big budget visual effects. Watch the trailer and I think you’ll agree.

Pompeii stars Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paz Vega, Jared Harris and Kiefer Sutherland.

 

Pompeii (2014) by The Critical Movie Critics

 

Official Synopsis:
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), 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.

Pompeii erupts into US and UK theaters on February 21, 2014.


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'Movie Trailer: Pompeii (2014)' have 10 comments

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    December 4, 2013 @ 8:51 pm Mister Wu

    I’m going to pretend I did not see this.

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      December 4, 2013 @ 10:48 pm Scott Morrison

      It;s too late. Once burned into your cerebral cortex it cannot be forgotten.

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    December 4, 2013 @ 9:05 pm cleverbot

    This is already in the running for worst movie of all time!

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    December 4, 2013 @ 9:19 pm Elias

    Anderson has always been good at directing intense fights so maybe the gladiator fights will make this worth watching.

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    December 4, 2013 @ 9:32 pm Dieteer

    Where is Milla Jovovich? No Paul W.S. Anderson film is complete without her.

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      December 4, 2013 @ 11:30 pm Kale

      Maybe even she said enough is enough.

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    December 4, 2013 @ 9:38 pm Spaceman_Jim

    I’m just happy to see the strict adherence to historical accuracy.

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    December 4, 2013 @ 10:02 pm Outlaw

    If this is as bad as it looks I’m taking the worst director trophy from Uwe Boll and giving it to Anderson.

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    December 5, 2013 @ 1:14 am playsindirt

    It’s a frickin love story. Can it be more lame?

  8. The Critical Movie Critics

    December 5, 2013 @ 6:24 am cjb110

    Looks like a cheap straight to dvd knockoff of “Gladiator.”

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