Troy, an epic film with a good mixture of action, history and romance, is set in ancient Greece where kings fought for power and lands, and warriors for honour and immortality. The film intends to be an adaptation of Homer´s epic poem " The Iliad", but fails in the attempt. Troy tells the story of how a war broke out bacause of love and ambition.
The story begins when the two princes of Troy Hector ( played by Eric Bana) and Paris ( Orlando Bloom) make piece with the king of Sparta Manelaus ( Brendan Gleeson). The story reaches a dramatic climax when on their journey back Paris reveals that he has an affair with the beautiful Helena ( Manelaus' wife played by Diana Kruger) and has hidden her in the ship. Unfortunately, It was too late to come back to Sparta. From then on, Manelaus starts off a war with the Trojans which ends when Troy falls and is completely destroyed.
Having a star- studded cast, however, the film has unconvincing and weak performances. But I have to say that Eric Bana's acting is really outstanding. The script is rather superficial and predictable and the direction is quite poor. Yet, the director ( Wolfgang Petersen), makes good use of the location and the landscape is beautifully shot. Your jows drop when first viewing the arrival of the thousand Greek ships, a visual masterpiece.
If you like action scenes, and really sexy actors you should definitely see this film, but remember it lasts three hours. So give it a thought before going.
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