Troy (2004)

Release date: 2004-05-14
Country: USA|Malta|UK
Language: English
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Production Co: Warner Bros., Helena Productions, Latina Pictures
Genre: Drama, History
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 2h 43min

Storyline

It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."

Plot Keywords

mythology, female nudity, revenge, city name in title, sex scene, greek, husband wife relationship, trojan horse, adulterous wife, loss of husband, tragedy, greek mythology, adultery, warrior, vengeance, female rear nudity, myth, shield, battle, prince

Short Review

Brad is worth the ticket price alone and others turned in creditable performances, particularly Eric Bana as an upright family man who just happens to be the prince of a warlike city-state, and Sean Bean as Odysseus the Ironic.