300: Rise of an Empire and Only God Forgives may have a few similarities – gruesome violence, hard R-rating – but I don’t think that there is much to tie the two films together outside the fact that I have brand spankin’ new posters for each of them. One poster is swattered in a tasteful string of neon lights while the other features a bare-chested, muscle-bound warrior. Care to guess which is which

300: Rise of an Empire will follow the exploits of Greek general Themistokles played by Sullivan Stapleton and his relatively untrained militia as they battle the seemingly limitless Persian army at sea under the command of Artemesia (Eva Green).

Nicolas Winding Refn‘s follow-up to the near perfect Drive, Only God Forgives follows Julian, played by Ryan Gosling, an irreverent drug-slinger in Bangkok and his rivalry with the local police chief, a rivalry that can only be settled in the Muay Thai boxing ring. Check out the red-band trailer here.

Follow Silver Screen Riot on Facebook
Follow Silver Screen Riot on Twitter