And so another epic movie pops out. A sand, spear and sandal adventure makes its appearance for 2010 with Neil Marshall's Centurion, right on the heels of Robin Hood. Do I see a pattern?
The Skinny: A splinter group of Roman soldiers struggle to survive the onslaught of vicious guerrilla attack by a small local tribe in the hinterland of northern Britain in AD 117, led by the beautiful but brutal female leader Etain. Roman General Virilus is kidnapped and it is up to his second in command Dias to rescue him. The full summary from Pathe Productions can be found here.
The Helmer: Neil Marshall - The Descent 2 (2007), Doomsday (2008), The Descent (2005), Dog Soldiers (2002), Combat (1999).
The Prediction: This looks brutal and cold. I like it. I also like Olga Kurylenko in vicious mode with swords. How will it do? Neil Marshall was critically acclaimed with Dog Soldiers, a simple plot of a movie concerning a group of training soliders deep in the English forest under attack by a group of vicious werewolves. He was also lauded for his all-female cast of the effective claustrophobic movie of splunkers descending into uncharted undergroud labyrinth who come face to face to humanoid monsters who feed on flesh. So technically, since he wrote and directed this movie, he may carry the same level of shock and awe in his previous successes.If he does, we should expect a medieval action flick slanted in brutal, shocking sequence.
Release date: 27 August 2010 USA
Release date: 27 August 2010 USA
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