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Centurion isn't just a rousing adventure, but a return to form for The Descent director Neil Marshall after the disappointing Doomsday. Irish actor Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) plays Quintus Dias, a Roman soldier attempting to defend the Empire against Northern England's indigenous Pict population, when they take him captive. Once General Virilus (The Wire's Dominic West), who inspires fierce devotion in his men, gets wind of the skirmish, he sets out to vanquish opposition leader Gorlacon (Ulrich Thomsen) with the aid of Etain (Quantum of Solace's Olga Kurylenko), a mute tracker. Though his Ninth Legion, which includes Bothos (David Morrissey) and Brick (Liam Cunningham, Fassbender's Hunger costar), tracks down Quintus, the Picts slaughter most other comrades and seize Virilus, shifting the battle for conquest into a struggle for survival, a Marshall specialty since Dog Soldiers. Only Arianne (Solitary Man's Imogen Poots), a medicine woman who treats Bothos's wounds, arrives as a light in the darkness, holding out the promise of romance should Quintus make it out of Pict territory alive. Though Centurion isn't a world away from historical epics like Braveheart and Gladiator--and succumbs to some of the same genre clichés--Marshall conjures up more of a Western feel with the Romans standing in for cowboys and the Picts for Indians. There's carnage aplenty, but also stunning Highland vistas in shades of emerald and teal. And though Fassbender is a fine actor, West and Kurylenko end up stealing the show by virtue of their more dynamic performances. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great historical action movie,
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This review is from: Centurion (DVD)
It is tempting to compare Centurion to Ridley Scott's "Gladiator", but other than the fact that both movies deal with Roman soldiers,they have very little in common.Where Scott's "Gladiator" is a broad tale with a larger than life hero who comes to shake the entire Roman Empire, "Centurion" is much more restrained, less presumptuous, and more focused on telling one small story very well. "Centurion" is set in Scotland during the reign of Hadrian, who would eventually order the famous "Hadrian's Wall" to be erected across the northern boundary of Britain to keep the Scottish Picts out of Britain. "Centurion" is the story of some Roman soldiers running for their life from the Picts near the end of Rome's time trying to subjugate the Picts. The landscape in the movie is gorgeous, though I suspect it was shot farther north (in the Scottish Highlands) than the action in this movie was really meant to take place (a bit more to the south, closer to the English border). This is a pure adventure movie, with no illusions of telling a grander story (as in Gladiator). The action, the acting, the directing, are all very good and very gripping. The story is so simple and so well told that you'll be hooked quickly, and barely move in your seat for the hour and a half that the movie runs.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Fun,
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This review is from: Centurion (DVD)
With maximum gore, the director of this interesting if slight chunk of ancient history made the most of its Scottish setting and Michael Fassbender's fast growing popularity. Not for the gore-impaired. More fun than Gladiator.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly great film,
By Robert Bennett "Robert Bennett" (Burnaby, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Centurion [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Before putting this into the player, I was under the impression this would be some b-movie knock off. I was pleasantly surprised. It felt like the opening of Gladiator and then shifted to a pretty good hunters become the hunted tale. I would say it runs along the feel of 13th Warrior, Predator, and Gladiator but stays unique and visually impressive. I was deeply impressed with the scenery and watched the whole credits to find out where it was shot. (It's probably where The Hobbit would have been filmed if Peter Jackson had been forced to move his production).This is an extremely violent film but worth checking out.
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