Centurion (2010)
This British film is loosely based on the legend of the disappearance of the 9th legion of Rome in Britain around 117AD. Several journeymen British actors star as the survivors of the legion trying to get back to Roman controlled territory after a disastrous battle against the Picts.
While this is not an especially original tale, similar to many chase films, and someone in the special effects department seems to have a fascination with decapitations this still manages to be a fairly good effort. Unlike the director's last film Doomsday (2008) which had some rather odd use of South African landscape allegedly doubling for Scotland this film was shot in the UK and has some amazing scenery for back drops. Most of the film is unimpressive without being bad an on the whole it adds up to a watchable if unremarkable film. It would have been interesting to see Roman attempts to pacify a hostile nation in terms of a metaphor for more recent history but this is largely over looked here.
3/5 a good genre entry.
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