Pompeii

2014 105 min Action, Adventure, History, Romance, Drama

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.

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IMDb 5.5 RT 27 Metacritic 41

budget $100,000,000 earnings $117,831,631 return 1.2x

director Paul W. S. Anderson

writers Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson

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