In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
A mindless but watchable fondue pot of high-calorie visuals and ready-made plotting ...
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
21 Feb 2014
rotten:
No matter how much lava is afoot, there's always time to impale one more person with a sword.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
21 Feb 2014
rotten:
Narrative has never been Anderson's strength; the story here is a corny overhaul of James Cameron's already-corny Titanic.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
21 Feb 2014
rotten:
Parmageddon is nigh in this cheesy action melodrama that feels both overheated with plot developments, yet strangely curdled from a lack of histrionics that might have redeemed it as fun trash.