Centurion
AD 117. The Roman Empire is attempting to complete the conquest of Britain, but is facing fierce resistance from the northern tribes, the Picts. During a Pictish raid on a Roman border garrison, Centurion Quintus Dias is taken prisoner. Determined to end the Pictish threat, Roman governor Agricola dispatches the Ninth Legion under the charismatic General Titus Flavius Virilus to resolve the situation. The Ninth Legion, aided by a treacherous Pictish scout and the escaped Dias, is ambushed and Dias and a small number of survivors must escape back to the Roman lines. Centurion is the fourth movie from British director Neil Marshall, following on from the well-received Dog Soldiers and The Descent (and the not-so-well-received Doomsday ), and can be seen as part of a mini-trend of low-budget Roman and medieval films (also including Black Death , Ironclad and The Eagle ) made in the last few years. The film has an impressive cast, with the current-hot-property Michael Fassbender starring a...