Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. With a budget north of $80 million and probably closer to $100 million ...

and if you thought 300 was bloody, wait until you get a load of the sequel. Fictionalized action films based on the retellings of the Persian Wars, a series of conflicts between the Empire of ...

300 is a 2007 fantasy war movie ... a massive slave uprising against the Roman Empire from 73-71 BCE, which became known as the Third Servile War. For its time, this movie was a huge deal, as ...