Every Zack Snyder Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

Snyder's sophomore film was the one that propelled him to the stratosphere and allowed him to graduate onto even more ambitious, mega-budget projects.

300 may not lay claim to subtle storytelling or rich characterisation, but in terms of bringing a visionary graphic novel to splashy cinematic life, there are few more striking examples.

Every frame of this film is eye-wateringly gorgeous, eschewing all semblance of "realism" in favour of a heightened, unapologetically CGI-slathered canvas, filled with a bevy of jacked, shouting actors.

Gerard Butler is perfectly cast as King Leonidas in what still remains his defining role 15 years later, and for as easy as it is to question the film's dubious politics, it more than delivers the goods as an efficient, stylistically audacious war epic.