Based on Homer's classic epic "The Iliad," this box-office hit brings to life the well-known and tragic tale of antiquity: the fall of the mythical city of Troy. Young Trojan prince, Paris (Bloom, Pirates Of The Caribbean 2, Elizabethtown), has fallen in love with Menelaus' beautiful wife, Helen (Kruger, National Treasure). Although he knows that his father, King Priam (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner O'Toole, Casanova), has engineered a fragile peace with the Greek kingdom of Sparta, he throws caution to the wind and abducts Helen. His eldest brother, Prince Hector (Bana, Munich, Lucky You), is furious when he finds out that Helen is with them. With Helen's abduction, war is imminent. As Menelaus (Gleeson, Studs) seeks retribution, his war-mongering brother, King Agamemnon (Emmy® Award winner Cox, The Ringer, Red Eye), uses it as an excuse to attack Troy, and lay waste to the last proud kingdom that refuses to bow to Greece. Menelaus rounds up a veritable alliance of warriors and kings, including the legendary Odysseus (Bean, Flightplan) and Achilles (Golden Globe® winner Pitt, Mr. & Mrs. Smith). The great warrior is blase at first about being in the war, having been warned by his mother, Thetis, that should he join, he will never return alive. However, when Achilles' beloved cousin, Patroclus, is inadvertently killed by Hector in battle, Achilles' fury is intense and he wants no less than a duel to the death with Hector. The war is the start of the destruction of the city of Troy. And death in war seems to be the only way to ensure that one is remembered for all time as being brave, noble and honorable.