Pompeii

Theatrical - Wide 2014-02-21

Cast Kit Harington Emily Browning Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Kiefer Sutherland Carrie-Anne Moss
Written by Lee Batchler

Box Office Gross: $117,831,631

Running Time: 105 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Constantin Film, Impact Pictures, Don Carmody Productions, FilmDistrict, TriStar Pictures

Genres: Action Adventure Drama History Romance

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

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... See more 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.

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Review: Pompeii

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Milo (Kit Harington) – a young Celtic gladiator enslaved in the doomed city of Pompeii – falls in love with the daughter (Emily Browning) of a wealthy merchant, who happens to be betrothed to bloodthirsty Roman Senator Colvis (Kiefer...

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