300: Rise of an Empire

I was looking forward to this sequel since 300 was such a great movie. The sorely missing element however was Gerard Butler.
The story is about the Greek general Themistokles, played bySullivan Stapleton , who leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Sullivan is no Gerard Butler and he does not fill the gap. It's great that they brought Xerxes back , played by Rodrigo Santoro, but his role is limited.

Verdict:
I watched the original 300 probably 20 times, you will not want to watch this again.