Meet the Spartans

MEET THE SPARTANS (12)

D: Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

20th Century Fox/Regency (Peter Safran, Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer)

US 2018

83 mins

Comedy

W: Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

DP: Shawn Maurer

Ed: Peck Prior

Mus: Christopher Lennertz

Sean Maguire (King Leonidas), Carmen Electra (Queen Margo), Ken Davitan (Xerxes), Nicole Parker (Paris Hilton / Britney Spears / Ellen DeGeneres / Paula Abdul)

Parody of 300 from the writer-director duo who spent most of the mid-2000's spoofing any films they could. Unfortunately, their direction and writing skills contain no humour or comic timing, resorting to referencing pop culture figures, bad taste gags and puerile jokes, most of which are repeated throughout the movie.

The film was shot in a week. It shows. Easily one of the worst films of 2008.

1/10