Centurion

United Kingdom

Story

Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain. Led by General Virilus (Dominic West) and guided by a Pict prisoner and warrior woman named Etain (Olga Kurylenko), the army marches towards enemy territory and finds itself in the midst of a perilous battle with a mysterious foe.

Credits:
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Noel Clarke, JJ Feild, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen, Riz Ahmed
Director: Neil Marshall - other films: Doomsday (2008), Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005)
Writer: Neil Marshall
Producer: Christian Colson, Robert Jones
Release Date: August 27th, 2010
Executive Producers: Paul Smith, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken
Producers: Christian Colson, Robert Jones
Director of photography: Sam McCurdy
Production designer: Simon Bowles
Music: Ilan Eshkeri
Costume designer: Keith Madden
Editor: Chris Gill
Runtime: 97 minutes

Review

A refreshing answer to filmmakers who believe any swords-and-sandals film must be epic or at least overwrought, Neil Marshall's "Centurion" delivers some large-scale action but plays almost like a Roman-era Western in its depiction of a few soldiers trying to get home alive after the slaughter of their comrades.

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