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Troy (2004)

"For passion. For honor. For destiny. For victory. For love."
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👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 54%
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Runtime
2h 43m
Rated
R
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (10,891 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
56

Cast

Brad Pitt as Achilles · 76% avg
Orlando Bloom as Paris · 73% avg
Eric Bana as Hector · 71% avg
Brian Cox as King Agamemnon · 70% avg
Sean Bean as Odysseus · 71% avg
Brendan Gleeson as Menelaos · 73% avg
Diane Kruger as Helen · 71% avg
Peter O'Toole as Priam · 72% avg

Is Troy good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 54%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#54 / 253 · War
Rank in its year
#37 / 175 · 2004
Rank among its director's films

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, a loose adaptation of Homer's Iliad depicting the legendary Trojan War. Brad Pitt stars as Achilles, the greatest warrior of the Greek army, whose personal glory-seeking and eventual compassion for the enemy complicate the Greeks' siege of Troy after Prince Paris, played by Orlando Bloom, elopes with Helen, the wife of Spartan King Menelaus. Eric Bana plays Hector, the noble Trojan prince and Troy's finest defender, whose eventual duel with Achilles provides the film's emotional and dramatic climax.

Troy controversially stripped the Iliad of its supernatural elements — the gods do not appear, and the events are presented as historical rather than mythological — a creative choice that divided audiences who felt the divine machinery was essential to the story. Brad Pitt's physical preparation for Achilles was extensive, and the beach landing sequence and his one-on-one duel choreography were impressive. Peter O'Toole's performance as the aged King Priam, particularly in the devastating scene where he begs Achilles for the return of Hector's body, was the film's most emotionally powerful moment.

The massive battle sequences, featuring thousands of extras and extensive practical effects, gave the film genuine epic scale. Troy earned $497 million worldwide on a $175 million budget, a profitable but unspectacular return for a film of its ambition.

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