Movie Review: Centurion

It's AD 117, and the Roman Empire stretches far across multiple continents. However, there is a group of skilled savage warriors called Picts in northern Britain who have been holding steadfast, unwilling to succumb to advancing Roman soldiers. Their latest massacre, a brutal gory ambush, left a lone survivor, Quintus Dias (the fabulous Michael Fassbender, who you may have previously drooled over when he was a shirtless soldier in 300). He is taken captive and tortured, eventually he escapes, only to escape and find himself willingly going back at the scene of his incarceration with the infamous Ninth Legion, led by General Virilus (The Wire's Dominic West). In order to not give too much away, let's just say Quintus is not the luckiest Roman soldier in the Empire, but he certainly is a fighter.

In essence, Centurion is an epic chase film. Quintus goes onto lead a crew of Roman soldiers who are being stalked by a fierce female huntress who has wolf-like tracking instincts (beautiful Bond former girl Olga Kurylenko). There's stunning landscape scenery, bloody slaughter scenes, and even an unnecessary romance. All in all, Neil Marshall (who wrote and directed The Decent, one of the best horrors of late) did a good job at creating an engaging world with characters you could cheer (and sometimes boo) for.

Emer Schlosser
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