Troy
May 13, 2004 in theaters
June 27, 2004 on AMC+
Troy is Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 sword-and-sandal epic, drawing on the Iliad and the Trojan War tradition: Brad Pitt's moody, lethal Achilles and Eric Bana's principled Hector collide after Paris takes Helen and two nations go to war. It's Hollywood mythmaking on the biggest scale — a cast of stars in bronze and sandals staging one of the oldest stories ever told. In Action Legends it stands as the peak of the Gladiator-era revival of the historical epic, more interested in spectacle and star power than in the ancient texts it adapts.
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Wolfgang Petersen's sword-and-sandal epic captures the grand spectacle of classical mythology with sweeping battle scenes and charismatic star turns. Brad Pitt brings legendary physicality to Achilles, offsetting the script's occasional melodrama. It remains a durable, entertaining pillar of early 2000s Hollywood epic filmmaking.
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