RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) 300: Action drama. Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Dominic West. Directed by Zack Snyder. (R. 117 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. See complete movie listings and show times, and buy tickets for select theaters, at sfgate.com/movies.)...

Neither history nor cinema is especially well served by "300," which is, nonetheless, a remarkable intersection of technology and imagination. The battle at Thermopylae in 480 B.C., a suicidal last stand by an army of Spartans and Thespians estimated at about 5,000,...

Zack Snyder raises Frank Miller's brutalist comic-book aesthetic to a bloody new level. Also: The attack of 'The Host.' Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City" was an eye-frying accomplishment — the movie lifted Frank Miller's stark noir fantasy world straight off the...

"300," a visually spectacular and blood-drenched adaptation of Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's graphic novel, turns ancient war into a ballet of death. The film's origins on a painted page are evident in its stylized images and stunning cinematography. You could call...

"300" touts the most epic, ensanguined battles the viewing public has ever seen "300" Warner Bros. Pictures Directed by Zack Snyder Written by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Hedley, David Wenham,...

Historical Epic Not Perfect, But Heartily Completes Mission = There are moments of surreal beauty and wonder in "300," the bloody new war epic based around the popular Frank Miller graphic novel about the legendary Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. -- unforgettable...

Sure, there's no plot. But half-naked beefcakes in battle is high-octane fun 300 Warning: 18A: Explicit violence. 117minutes Grade: B+ Take the nine-odd hours of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, edit out most of the story, the getting-lost-in-the-swamps, the...

Read the movie's 3-star review MOVIE DETAILS 300 Movie Type Action/Adventure, Drama, War MPAA Rating R for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity Running Time 117 minutes Directed By Zack Snyder Cast David Wenham, Dominic West, Gerard Butler,...

Listen up, men! And women! But not kids! If you thought Gladiator was a bit too stingy with the bloodshed, if you felt Sin City could have been more stylized, if you hate it when the masses refer to graphic novels as "comic books," this is your day. For today brings...

300 is inspiring, to say the least, and surprisingly so. After a few disappointments in films of this genre and being neither a fan of Greek literature nor movies of the genre, many elements of 300 have made yours truly sit down and take notice. First, it was the...

If Gladiator and Sin City had a baby, it'd look a whole lot like Zack Snyder's 300. And that baby would be a 22-pound boy who shot out of the birth canal bearing several tattoos, snarling like a jackal and wielding a spiked club. Almost completely mindless but...

Movie Review 300 (2007) Credits Release Date: Mar 09, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 117 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, War; With: Gerard Butler and Vincent Regan The Spartans' paltry number against the massive forces of King Xerxes' Persian army provides the eye-candy...

Zack Snyder’s 300 shouldn’t work. An adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name, the film aims for stylized beauty and breath-taking visuals while keeping a comic book feel. On top of that, it tries to be more manly than a WWE main event. With all...

Zack Snyder represents Frank Miller in 300 Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Dominic West; Written by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon; Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller; Directed by Zack Snyder; 117 minutes; Rated R [for graphic battle...

I can’t hold myself back anymore. I need to scream it from the rooftops: “300” is phenomenal – one of those movies that rips out your spine and uses it to whip you across the face. It’s the first 2007 release that I’ve given the maximum four stars, and that figure...

300 is a film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same title which recounts and immortalizes one of the greatest battles in history, the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., in which 300 Spartans, led by its King Leonidas fought against invading Persian...

The ads tell you to "prepare for glory" as 300 Spartans go to war against an army of Persians, numbering 250,000, in the film version of Frank Miller's graphic novel about the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae. My advice is to prepare your eyes for popping -- hell, they...

Support the Troops The first person who uses any aspect of this flick to justify the American debacle in Iraq is getting a swat across the nose with a copy of My Pet Goat. Which King Leonides of Sparta does not sit reading while his country is threatened and attacked....

I have seen 300 twice now, and the second viewing was crucial. Not because it was on an Imax screen – a very impressive way to watch the film – but because I came into the theater without the kind of expectations I had my first time through. I knew that 300 wasn’t as...

Summary: 300 (R) Three Stars (Good) A violent, highly stylized graphic-novel variation of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartan warriors made a legendary "last stand" against 10,000 Persians. Gerald Butler stars in Zack Snyder's adaptation of the popular Frank...