Pompeii
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Rated: 5/10
The canvas is big and the period drama full of possibilities. Imagine a love story between a moneyed lady and a barbarian slave brewing under the nose of an unscrupulous Roman senator — and a volvanic mountain about to explode all over the city of Pompeii!
But again there is much more in the movie around explosions and visuals of natural calamity then there is about either the impossible love story or the ambience of the Roman empire. Yes, it is a visual treat all visuals need to be essentially pegged on a viable storyline which, in this one unfortunately, is slim. Good for those who like the grandly commissioned period drama that Hollywood often churns out at leisure.