Centurion: 7.5/10.
The Atlantic Film Festival is on in Halifax at the moment, and this was our first of three this weekend. The synopsis is basically this (from the AFF website):
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Set during the 2nd-century Roman conquest of Britain, Neil Marshall’s Centurion is a muscular bloodbath that lacerates with sledgehammer force. Hell is set in motion when Roman Centurion Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender) leads a pack of soldiers on a raid of a Pict tribesmen’s camp to rescue a captive general (Dominic West). During the raid, the Pict leader’s son is slaughtered, the consequences of which will be more severe than anything the Romans have ever encountered. They will face days of pure terror as a relentless army of Pict warriors hunts them from every angle across the hazy forests of Scotland, coming at them with blades, fire, arrows, teeth and claws.
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We both liked it, it had a good story and the acting was good. Think of it as sort of a King Arthur (Clive Owen, Keira Knightly) meets Gladiator (Russel Crowe). Lots of shots of misty forests, and snow covered mountains, against which, the arching blood fountain from a decapitated head is caught in bleak contrast. Did I mention the decapitations? Heads go flying
everywhere!