History is written in blood
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
- 6.2
- 2010
- Released
- 1h 37m
Michael Fassbender
Centurion Quintus Dias
Olga Kurylenko
Etain
David Morrissey
Bothos
Liam Cunningham
Brick
Dominic West
General Titus Flavius Virilus
Imogen Poots
Arianne
Ulrich Thomsen
Gorlacon
JJ Feild
Thax
Noel Clarke
Macros
Riz Ahmed
Tarak
Dimitri Leonidas
Leonidas
Paul Freeman
Governor Julius Agricola
Dave Legeno
Vortix
Andreas Wisniewski
Commander Gratus
Jake Maskall
Roman Officer Argos
Eoin Macken
Achivir
Rachael Stirling
Druzilla
Michael Carter
General Antoninus
Tom Mannion
General Tesio
Peter Guinness
General Cassius
Dylan Brown
Roman Guard
Dermot Keaney
Pict Hunter
Dhafer L'Abidine
Arm Wrestling Opponent
Lee Ross
Septus
Simon Chadwick
Carlisle Messenger
Ryan Atkinson
Gorlacon's Son
Released
en
$12,000,000.00
$6,890,432.00
- #roman empire
- #ancient rome
- #ancient world
- #britain
- #behind enemy lines
- #sole survivor
- #2nd century
- #hadrian’s wall
- #pathetic
Reviews
The eponymous "Quintus" (Michael Fassbender) is struggling through the snow to escape the menacing Picts who have just ambushed and destroyed his outpost. He has to get the message to "Gen. Virilus" (Dominic West) before the whole of Britain is overrun by these warlike people. That man commands the ninth legion, and en masse they head north into the perilous wilderness - guided by "Etain" (Olga Ku
According to Wikipedia, Centurion “received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office” when it was released, but I wonder how many people picked up on its fascist undertones. The movie is set in Britain during the Roman invasion in 43 AD. Now, unless it’s propaganda or revisionism, the long and short if it is, or should be, that in an invasion the invaders are the bad guys and the i