The Centurion stars Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Basterds, 300, Jonah Hex), Olga Kurylenko (Max Payne, Quantum of Solace, Hitman), Dominic West (300, Chicago, Star Wars I, Mona Lisa Smile), Andreas Wisniewski (Die Hard, Mission Impossible, Hush), Dave Legeno (Snatch, Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince; & Deathly Hallows), Axelle Carolyn (Doomsday, Blood + Roses, Psychosis), Imogen Poots (V for Vendetta, 28 Weeks Later, Jane Eyre {2011})
A great story (not sure how accurate it can be) about how the Romans tried to conquer the top part of the British Isles. That part is true! (It takes place in 117 A.D.) They went north little by little fighting with the savage natives and forcing them into submission. There was a wall built to mark the border of the Roman Empire. Then they went further north and conquered some more. When they got to a point where they decided the natives were hopelessly untamable, they stopped and built the wall at that border. That was Hadrian's Wall! (I went there!) So in this film the legendary Ninth Legion are north and the natives are brutal and very clever! The large group gets ambushed and the survivors must brave the harsh weather and terrain of the Pict territory to get back to the empire, all with the super human Pict trackers on their tails!
It was a great movie! Lots of action and bloodshed, but also some history, romance and mystery!
Interesting Facts: The legend of the Ninth Legion is that 3,000 men marched from York to Scotland and disappeared!.... Olga was born on my birthday, November 14th, but in 1979! I'm 2 years OLDER than her!.... Dominic West is best known as Detective Jimmy McNulty in "The Wire" tv series!....
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