The Day the City burned by the famous movie director and producer Evan Greenberg

immediately became an international success when it was released a month ago, on the 11th of
September. Although he downfall of Pompeii and the eruption of Vesuvius count as one of the
most overused subjects of countless books and movies, The Day the City burned managed to
goad the viewer's curiosity and provide them with new perspectives and aspects of the
well-known story.
The opening sequence of the movie introduces us to the main characters, the three siblings
Fabia, Lucius and Marcus.
The performances of the three main characters are all excellent. Roger Lois, the actor of Lucius
does an especially good job.
And if we look at the supporting characters, the film is full of wonderful characters on that side
too. In my opinion the most incredibly played character is that of the cynical wine-grower
Mensueto, played by the famous actor William Scotts. On the other hand the character of the
priest is less convincing, as it was performed by the incredibly young Brayden Newman, who
counts as a newcomer with the age of only nineteen.

The movie perfectly captures the peaceful atmosphere of Pompeii with the citizens not worrying
at all. But as the story unfolds, the background music very cleverly changes from the calm harp
music to the much more dramatic violin concerto combined with the threatening drums.

As the story goes on, we see the interlocking stories of the three siblings, who try to escape in
three different ways: by sailing, running and hiding. The music at this point reached its most
emotional part and only one violin starts to play a very sorrowful, sad melody, which shows
perfectly the emotions of the characters and evokes sympathy in the audience, which was a
brilliant move from the movie makers.

Although the movie is a very skilful piece of filmmaking, it has its downsides too. For instance it
gets extremely dramatic in places, sometimes a little too dramatic. Another thing is the
computability of the storyline and the couple of clichés, which very sadly ruins the movie
experience a little.

To conclude, I definitely recommend it to everyone. It will completely change the way you think
about Pompeii with its thought-provocation and strong emotional impact, even if it has some
flaws here and there. If I had to rate it on a scale of ten, I would give it a seven.