Fresh
Auteur cinema of a very narrow stripe, this personalizes a familiar genre to advance a singularly pessimistic view of humanity.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Centurion
History is written in blood
2010 · 1h 37m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Neil Marshall
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Centurion
Overview
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.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Centurion wraps itself in talk of duty and honor, but really it's just another cinematic death-trip.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Rotten
Marshall is big on desaturated imagery, which imparts to the film's copious amounts of hemoglobin the look of squid ink.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The film has a resigned bitterness, hard to shake off, that feels right for the experience of tough guys, from whatever period of history, who find themselves at the tattered edge of what they take to be civilization.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rotten
Marshall shows off the breathtaking landscape, but with interiors, he populates the ale houses and encampments with cliches.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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