Centurion (2010)

Directed by

Neil Marshall

Genre

drama film, action film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,579 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of Roman soldiers in second century Britain who are stranded behind enemy lines after an ambush. They must evade a relentless Pict warrior and fight to survive as they try to make it back to Roman territory.

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What happens

Centurion is a 2010 British historical action film written and directed by Neil Marshall, loosely based on the disappearance of the Roman Empire's Ninth Legion in Caledonia in the early second century AD. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko. It received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office, earning $7.9 million against a $12–15 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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