Inspired by the Frank Miller graphic novel, 300 was a groundbreaking film that helped turn Gerard Butler and filmmaker Zack Snyder into household names. While it has become part of pop culture ("THIS IS SPARTA!"), 300 was innovative in its filmmaking and visual style. It was shot almost entirely against blue screens and not on location, and it popularized the slow-motion effect called time remapping in the fight scenes.
The follow-up film 300: Rise Of An Empire is narratively very unique, something I have never seen done before. It starts as a prequel, then a large portion of the movie happens concurrently with the events of the first film, then concludes with essentially a sequel to 300.
Whereas 300 was about Spartans fighting the Persian empire, 300: Rise Of An Empire tells the story of the Athenians' war with the Persians, in which many of the fights took place during naval battles.
300: Rise of the Empire stars another unknown actor, Sullivan Stapleton, in the lead role of Themistocles. He's no Gerard Butler, but he held his own very well in the part.
What's cool is that some of the original cast members reprised their roles in 300: Rise Of An Empire, which was released eight years after the first movie came out in 2007.
300: Rise Of An Empire is a very unconventional sequel movie. It didn't get a lot of buzz like its predecessor, but it's not a rehash of the first film. Zack Snyder served as a producer and writer, but he didn't take the helm as the director because he was working on the Superman reboot, Man Of Steel. Nevertheless, 300: Rise Of An Empire is another outstanding movie from Zack Snyder that expands on the story of the first film.
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