300 [Film and TV Commentary]

This film depicts one of the most brutal wars in human history: the Battle of Thermopylae. In 480 BC, King Xerxes I of Persia (played by Rodrigo Santoro) personally led an army of 300,000 people to conquer Greece. Various Greek city-states quickly sent out troops to form a coalition to prepare to resist the invasion of the Persian army. The front line of the defense line is located at Thermopylae in Greece. It is guarded here by King Leonidas of Sparta (Gerard Butler), who leads the city's 300 elite soldiers and more than 4,000 coalition forces. Due to the betrayal of the traitors, the Greek army was copied behind the Persian army and formed an encirclement and suppression campaign. In order to preserve the strength of the coalition forces, Leonidas allowed the coalition forces to retreat first, and he led 300 elite soldiers to defend the hot springs after they were closed. Hundreds of thousands of Persian troops swarmed in, but the Spartan soldiers, who knew they would die, had high morale and exploded with astonishing combat power in the battle. The entire war lasted for 2 days. In the end, Leonidas and his 300 elite soldiers were all killed, while the Persian army lost more than 20,000 soldiers. Two brothers of Xerxes I also died in this battle...