Pompeii
2014 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, History
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a 27% critic score, a weak 5.5 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
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In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
27% on Rotten Tomatoes, 41 on Metacritic
- AudiencesWeak
5.5/10 from 3K viewers
- AwardsWeak
No major awards or nominations on record
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$118 million worldwide on a $100 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
200K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Kit HaringtonMilo
- Emily BrowningCassia
- Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeAtticus
- Kiefer SutherlandCorvus
- Carrie-Anne MossAurelia
- Jared HarrisSeverus
- Jessica LucasAriadne
- Sasha RoizProculus
- Currie GrahamBellator
- Joe PingueGraecus