Meet the Spartans

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Plot

The heroic Spartan king Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag…

Release Year: 2008

Rating: 2.5/10 (62,171 voted)

Critic's Score: 9/100

Director:
Jason Friedberg

Stars: Sean Maguire, Kevin Sorbo, Carmen Electra

Storyline
The heroic Spartan king Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag bunch of 13 Spartan misfit warriors to defend their homeland against thousands of invading Persians whom include the Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Autobots, and an ugly hunchbacked Paris Hilton and a shaved-head Brittany Spears.

Writers: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Cast:

Sean Maguire

Leonidas


Carmen Electra

Queen Margo


Ken Davitian

Xerxes


Kevin Sorbo

Captain


Diedrich Bader

Traitoro


Method Man

Persian Emissary


Jareb Dauplaise

Dilio


Travis Van Winkle

Sonio


Phil Morris

Messenger


Jim Piddock

Loyalist
/
Simon Cowell Look-a-Like


Nicole Parker

Paula Abdul Look-a-Like
/
Britney Spears Look-a-Like
/
Ellen DeGeneres Look-a-Like
/
Hunchback Paris


Ike Barinholtz

Dane Cook Look-a-Like
/
Bond Villain
/
Prophet


Crista Flanagan

Spartan Woman
/
Ugly Betty Look-a-Like


Hunter Clary

Leo Jr.


Emily Wilson

Lindsay Lohan Look-a-Like

Taglines:
Prepare to die…laughing. (DVD)



Details

Official Website:
Twentieth Century Fox [United States] |

Release Date: 25 January 2008

Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA



Box Office Details

Budget: $30,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $18,505,530
(USA)
(27 January 2008)
(2605 Screens)

Gross: $84,646,831
(Worldwide)
(15 March 2009)



Technical Specs

Runtime:

Argentina:
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UK:
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(unrated version)



Did You Know?

Trivia:

To date (2011), one of two movies written and directed by both Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, not to have the word "movie" in the title. The other is
Vampires Suck.

Goofs:

Continuity:
When Xerxes threatens to write Sparta out of the the history books, Leonidas replies: "Well that's fine by me, Xerxes, because I can't read." Previously, he had read the name tattoos on Queen Margo's back, some of them out loud.

Quotes:

Leonidas:
Adjust your sword boy, it's digging into my back.

Sonio:
But I'm not wearing my sword.

Leonidas:
[pause]
Carry on then.



User Review

Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer are hacks

Rating: 1/10


Anyone who would remotely consider themselves to be a fan of the spoof
genre would reject this trash. I'll be the first one to admit that
taste is subjective, but the guys that made this movie lack any sort of
talent for this type of movie

I implore anyone to check out the following spoof movies:

Airplane! Top Secret The Naked Gun The Naked Gun 2 1/2 Hot Shots Hot
Shots: Part Deux Kentucky Fried Movie (yes, its "old" but a classic
none the less) Mafia! BASEketball Scary Movie 3 Sacry Movie 4

Not all of these are great. Many are a product of their era. Some are
downright "average" spoof movies, at best. But compared to "Meet the
Spartans" (or Epic Movie or Date Movie) they are a BILLION times
better. And they have one thing in common… Zucker / Abrahams / Zucker
(also must give props to writer Pat Proft). These guys INVENTED this
genre. Watch these films and you will realize Jason Friedberg & Aaron
Seltzer are talentless hacks who think just making a reference to pop
culture is funny.

If Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer are reading this, I suggest you
might want to watch these movies as well. You might learn a thing or
two.