Let me start off that I am a huge fan of Paul W.S Anderson and when he teamed up with another favourite lead actor of mine, Kit Harrington, I just knew I had to see what they were going to come up with together.
The movie tells the tale of what happened when and during the volcano eruption in Pompeii. Now, the film is totally fictitious, most of the story is not based on actual fact. But, its just meant to be a disaster movie, and what an amazing spectacle it is.
Starting with its cast, Paul gets it half right. Among the cast are some greats, Jared Harris and Carrie Ann Moss. They were terrific in all their scenes, Jared steals all the ones he's in and it was great to see Carrie playing the motherly role again, this time for the better. Emily Brown plays their daughter and Jessica Lucas plays her hand servant, though Emily's character Cassia considers her as more of a friend than servant. Jessica doesn't have many scenes but she plays up the bit of girlfriend who nudges her shy friend into the arms of the hot guy, namely Kit Harrington. I'd say pretty much Kit looks amazingly fit in this. I won't go into detail but the girls are most defiantly swooning over him by now. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays a gladiator that meets up with Kit's character Milo, the two eventually team up to, as they say, fight the power. Adewale is great in this, he gives an inner depth that isn't told in the script, but you can sense there is a history behind this guy.
The only downfall the film has, and no I do not hate 24, is Kiether Sutherland. He just didn't seem to be the right choice. I would have well to have liked to of had Michael Fassbender in the villain's high chair. It's not all bad though, Grimm fans rejoice, Captain Sean Renard appears. Sasha Roiz who has played the Captain in the tv series Grimm plays the secondary villain in the film but I would have loved to of just had him as the main bad guy. He plays his part with ease and sinister intent. His pleading for his life in the end though was a bit of a let down but I guess the best villains sometimes turn out to be the weakest in the end.
As for the rest of the movie Paul builds up the utter annihilation of Pompeii with great success and what a crazy outcome he gives us. In truth, Paul should have been the one to direct the end of days film 2012, cause he knows how to somewhat cast a movie and make for one of the best disaster movies, in my book anyway.
With top notch visuals, great build-up and an entertaining cast Pomepii is not one of the greats but it is one of the goods.
Rating: B+
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