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Pompeii (2014)

★ 5.5 · 3,376 ratings on TMDB

No warning. No escape.

Pompeii poster★ 5.5

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.

DirectorPaul W. S. Anderson
CastAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Carrie-Anne Moss, Currie Graham, Emily Browning, Jared Harris, Jessica Lucas
GenresAction, Adventure, Drama, History
The emergence reading

Pompeii keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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