Centurion details

Centurion
Formats: 15 DVD, Blu-ray, LOVEFiLM Instant
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, David Morrissey, JJ Feild
Director: Neil Marshall
Genres: Action/Adventure - Westerns, Drama - Television, Thriller
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections: 100 Swords and Sandals Films, 2012's Top Films, April Picks, Best of LOVEFiLM Instant, Epic Battles, Highest Rated, Hot Scots, Last Chance
Title Runtime Certificate
Centurion
 1hr 34 mins 15

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Run time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rental release: To be confirmed
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  • superb historical thriller.....

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By williamsgwynfa (627 reviews) from gwaenysgor , 13 Apr 2010

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    [Highly rated reviewer]

    This film is a British historical thriller directed by Neil Marshall who also directed the film called The Descent.

    There are some savagely violent battle scenes and an adrenaline fueled chase through the breathtaking Scottish highlands in this movie.

    Centurion is set during the war between the Roman soldiers and the Pict tribesmen during the 2nd century Roman conquest of Britain.

    Michael Fassbender stars in the lead role as Quintus Dias who is a Roman centurion and the son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue the captured General Virilus the commander of the 9th Legion (played by Dominic West).

    The son of the Pict leader is murdered during the raid, and the Romans find themselves hunted by a seemingly unstoppable group of the Pict’s most vicious and skilled warriors.

    They are led by a beautiful and deadly tracker called Etian who is a mute (played by Olga Kurylenko).

    She is hell bent on revenge because her family were butchered by the Romans and she had her tongue cut out by them.

    A fantastic film and well worth watching !
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  • Carry on Quintus

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By a customer , 21 May 2013
    If you have not seen gladiator, westerns or any number of films that this film has lifted idea's from,and also are not concerned for historical accuracy then it is brilliant!
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  • Not Bothered

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer , 19 May 2013
    Some well known faces, lots of action and quite bloody but sadly seriously lacking in story and therefore a bit boring. Ok if you have nothing better to watch.
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  • Good way to pass 94 minutes

    Rated - 3.5 stars  
    By EarlOfMarl (1 review) , 19 May 2013
    Better than expected. Good way to pass 94 minutes. Little story other than a continual chase and we all know how its going to end
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  • Mind Numbingly Average

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By Iggi_1 (109 reviews) , 15 May 2013
    Plenty of action and gore from a succession of two-dimensional characters. If you like comic-book heroes and dumb action films you'll probably like this. To be fair the first hour is ok, but the last third of the film is risible.
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  • Mindnumbingly average

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By a customer , 11 May 2013
    Indescribably average. But it'll waste a few hours of your evening, if you're bored and have nothing better to do.
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