Alexander

Year: 2004

Actors: Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Angelina Jolie, Colin Farrell

Duration: 175 min

Historical, glamorous biopic (with mystical and religious elements) about the life of famous Macedonian ruler and conqueror Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) (Colin Farrell), mainly concentrating on his youth and his conquering of Persia and India. The son of Macedonian King Phillip II (Val Kilmer) and his wife Olympias (Angelina Jolie) became King when he was twenty-years-old and died at the age of thirty-two, by this time having conquered ninety percent of the world as it was explored by the time he lived, ruling over parts of three continents and several countries.—smoothhoney1265

Genre: Action   Adventure   Biography   Drama   History   Romance   War