Is this the best fight scene ever?

25 Sep 2012 Comments 0

Question for the guys out there - is this possibly the greatest fight scene in a movie ever? I reckon if not it has too be up there near the top of the list. Taken from the movie 300 the Battle of Thermopylae was a battle of the Persian Wars in 480 BC when Leonidas, king of Sparta and 300 Spartans defended the pass of Thermopylae to the death against a much greater force of Persians. The 300 Spartans were a select group of Spartan Warriors handpicked by Leonidas, to slow down the invasion of Xerxes. The 300 fought their last battle at Thermopylae. The 300 were a "sire only" unit, meaning that each soldier had already sired a son. A "sire only" unit in Sparta meant a suicide unit, as each soldier was expected to die in his mission. I have always loved studying ancient history and the Spartans were a unique civilisation in the sense that they dedicated themselves exclusively to the art of warfare. Any infant born into Spartan society deemed not to be strong enough was taken from their parents and killed. I watched the movie again last night (due to a chronic case of insomnia) and thought I would put up some of the other scenes from the movie...a little bit blood thirsty so be warned but still pretty awesome.

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