Pompeii [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [3D] [Blu-ray]

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Overview

Paul W.S. Anderson directs this period disaster film centered on the story of a Pompeii gladiator who races to save his true love as Mount Vesuvius prepares to erupt in A.D. 79. After rising out of slavery to become a gladiator, Milo (Kit Harrington) falls for radiant merchant's daughter Cassia (Emily Browning), who is being coerced into marrying a nefarious Roman Senator. Meanwhile, as the lava starts to flow, Milo must escape the arena and rescue Cassia before they are both turned to ash. CarrieAnne Moss, Adewa Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris, and Kiefer Sutherland co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2014
UPC:	0043396436312
Original Release:	2014
Rating:	PG-13
Language:	English
Sales rank:	7,795

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Emily Browning	Cassia
Kit Harington	Milo
Carrie-Anne Moss	Aurelia
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Atticus
Jessica Lucas	Ariadne
Jared Harris	Severus
Kiefer Sutherland	Corvus
Paz Vega	Actor
Chris Gonsalves	Actor
Derek Herd	Actor
Constantine Meglis	Actor
Alain Moussi	Actor
Jon Rhys	Actor
Attila Sebesy	Actor
Goran Stjepanovic	Actor
Joe Vercillo	Actor
Kit Harrington	Actor
Dylan Schombing	Young Milo
Rebecca Roberts	Milo's Mother
Sasha Roiz	Proculus
Jean Frenette	Boss Slaver,Harbour Child
Joe Pingue	Graecus
Currie Graham	Bellator
Ron Kennell	The Weasel
Tom Bishop Sr.	Cassia's Carriage Driver
Dalmar Abuzeid	Felix
Emmanuel Kabongo	African Gladiator
Kristina Nicoll	Rich Wife #1
Janine Theriault	Rich Wife #2
Donna Christo	Harbour Mother
Thomas Stumpo	Harbour Boy
Cyrus Aazam	Slave
Rodney Alexandre	Gladiator
Jean-Fran?ois Lachapelle	Milo's Father
Rebecca Eady	Milo's Mother
Maxine Savaria	Biggest Thracian
Brock Johnson	Flashback Centurion
Mark Whelan	Ship's Captain
Clinton Shorter	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Robert Johnson

Janet Scott Batchler

Janet Scott Batchelor

Lee Batchelor

Jeremy Bolt	Producer
Paul W.S. Anderson	Producer
Don Carmody	Producer,Stunts
Robert Kulzer	Producer
Michael Robert Johnson	Screenwriter
Janet Scott Batchler	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Martin Moszkowicz	Executive Producer
Peter Schlessel	Executive Producer
Jon Brown	Executive Producer
Kevin Howard	Sound Editor
Stephen Barden	Sound Editor
Kevin Banks	Sound Editor
Greg Chapman	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Mixer
Fred Brennan	Sound Editor
Kirpa Budwal	Stunts
Derek Bujalski	Stunts
Andrew Butcher	Stunts
Alain B?rard	Stunts
Alexandre Cadieux	Stunts
Jonny Caines	Stunts
Chad Camilleri	Stunts
Karl Campbell	Stunts
Sharon Canovas	Stunts
Shane Cardwell	Stunts
Michael Chan	Stunts
Alain Chanoine	Stunts
Deirdre Bowen	Casting
Ronna Kress	Casting
Janet Scott Batchelor	Screenwriter
Lee Batchelor	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The first and most pertinent question about Paul W.S. Anderson's Pompeii is: "Why is Milla Jovovich not in this?" At least half the upside of seeing any Anderson movie is the probability that his hot, badass wife will appear in it. But aside from this truly egregious omission, Pompeii is a totally passable popcorn flick. The story starts with the premise of a real historical event: the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year A.D. 79, which so impressively flooded the Italian city of Pompeii with red-hot lava and ash that it preserved many artifacts (everything from pottery to people) for archaeologists to find hundreds of years later. Against this backdrop, you get the familiar plot of a gladiator named Milo (Kit Harington), sold into slavery when his tribe was sacked by the Romans, and Cassia (Emily Browning), the woman he falls in love with. Cassia is a princess, or whatever the equivalent to a princess was in the era of Roman city-states, and it just so happens that a ridiculously evil senator named Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland) already has dibs on her -- besides, Milo is just a lowly but proud slave. But do all of those class differences really matter when everyone's about to die? Milo and his rival-turned-bestie Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) are determined to find out. So what you basically have is Gladiator (togas and swords, pair of black and white gladiator BFFs fight for their freedom, revenge sought for slaughtered families) crossed with Titanic (impending disaster, poor boy loves rich girl, pointlessly evil romantic rival burns calories being mean during cataclysmic panic). Of course, both of those movies won Oscars for Best Picture, and you can bet Pompeii doesn't aim quite as high. It's adequate entertainment though, even if it would be better with Milla Jovovich.