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Is it wrong to root for the volcano?
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Pompeii
No warning. No escape.
2014 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Paul W. S. Anderson
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Parmageddon is nigh in this cheesy action melodrama that feels both overheated with plot developments, yet strangely curdled from a lack of histrionics that might have redeemed it as fun trash.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
Narrative has never been Anderson's strength; the story here is a corny overhaul of James Cameron's already-corny Titanic.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Rotten
No matter how much lava is afoot, there's always time to impale one more person with a sword.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Rotten
A mindless but watchable fondue pot of high-calorie visuals and ready-made plotting ...
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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