The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.-cyberian2005 After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward.
Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. As the film goes on, connections between the victims and the true identity of the never-showed-up killer are revealed.In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. If they wish to live, they each have to play their own game as the killer has told them on an audio script. ~ Matthew Tobey, RoviĪfter waking up in a tiny cell, two men find themselves victim of a serial killer who plays games with his victims and gives them one last chance to survive. Also starring Danny Glover and Monica Potter, Saw premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Gordon attempt to piece together what has happened to them and who the sadistic madman behind their imprisonment is. Neither of them are led to feel optimistic by the man lying between them dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Gordon (Cary Elwes), like Adam, has no idea how either of them got there. Whannell plays Adam, one of two men chained up in a mysterious chamber. The directorial debut from filmmaker James Wan, this psychological thriller comes from the first screenplay by actor Leigh Whannell, who also stars.
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