The fourth film to chronicle the life of fourth-century B.C. ruler Alexander the Great,
Oliver Stone's Alexander stars
Colin Farrell as the titular Macedonian conqueror. The film follows the young king as he leads his forces on a bloody empirical conquest across the known world, taking large parts of Asia and the Middle East to amass a giant empire, all by the time he turned 25.
Anthony Hopkins co-stars as Ptolemy I along with
Rosario Dawson as Roxane,
Angelina Jolie as Olympias,
Jared Leto as Hephaistion,
Val Kilmer as King Philip II, and
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Cassander. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide