This delightful story takes place in ancient Greece when the Spartans, a group of 300 stunningly fit, testosterone filled men attempt to overthrow the evil but beautiful Persian Emperor/God Xerxes and his armies single handedly. (All Xerxes wanted was land and water and perhaps another piercing from Camden Market... but Leonidas was having NONE of it!)
"Bow to me!" says Xerxes... "Get over yourself!" cries Leonidas
And so the battle begins... This is how they do it in Sparta. 
The highlight of this film was watching these 300 men run around in leather speedos and capes, grunting and taunting the naughty Xerxes and his thousands. 
In the end Leonidas is betrayed by a young hunchback named Ephialtes which proves to be the downfall of the mighty mighty Spartans. All Ephialtes wanted was to fight and prove himself in battle by standing as one of the Spartans against Xerxes... but Leonidas wouldn't let him because he was handicapped, he didn't have chiseled abs and looked slightly awkward in his leather speedo. The moral of the story is... be nice to those hunchbacks... they're people too even though they might not be ridiculously good looking.
My thoughts: I think that most men will love this movie for it's beautifully choreographed violence and for the hard core men in this film, because secretly most men want to be a Spartan warrior... and most women want to be with a Spartan warrior... that's why this movie is so gripping and motivating. Please if you see this movie make sure that you are prepared for the overwhelming desire to run to the gym nearest you.
(I saw it edited and give it one thumb half up and the other thumb sticking out to the side hailing a taxi to run away)
