A period epic, set during the war between Roman soldiers and Pict tribesmen during the 2nd Century Roman conquest of Britain. From the director of The Descent.
Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) is Quintus Dias, Roman centurion and son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue a captured general (Dominic West, The Wire). The son of the Pict leader is murdered during the raid, and the Romans find themselves hunted by a seemingly unstoppable group of the Pict's most vicious and skilled warriors, led by a beautiful and deadly tracker (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace), hell bent on revenge.
Lacks a decent storyline but makes up for it in thrills and it's raw and real content. Olga Kurylenko is rather memorable! Definitely worth a watch.
Not bad evenings entertainment
Like the film "300" this film features huge splats of blood and heads fly off all over the place. Overall a pretty good film. The real star is the scenery. Parts of it are filmed in the remotest parts of Scotland. The scenery is breathtaking. As in the film "Braveheart", people of the times are much tougher than us soft modern folk. They can run across a snow covered mountain with their hands tied and without a shirt and not freeze to death.
Apart from the magnificent scenery, it was a very good attempt at telling the story of how the Picts defeated the XIth legion. Enjoyable interaction of Scottish Gaelic being used for authenticity's sake. Had a little bit of everything and plenty of blood and fire.
Wonderful Pictish (Scottish) story of the massacre of the XIth ...cept there were no survivors in reality!! Bit of romance, bit of heroism, but pity that the Picts were not shown as the artists that they were ... just shown as bloodthirsty barbarians...remember the Romans were the invaders to the Pictish lands.
A gritty, brutal chase movie that's more about swords (and spears, and axes) than sandals - although it could have done with a lot more character-meat on those bones.
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.
Fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn.
"Doomsday," horror-trained British helmer Neil Marshall flexes strong action muscles and carves copious flesh here, creating the sort of broadsword-based bedlam that will thrill fans of ancient martial movies.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 9th Sep 2010.
Release date: September 9th 2010.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
