Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #253 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-02-18
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 110 minutes

Synopsis
Set as the Roman Empire is on the decline, THE LAST LEGION follows a brave young warrior who travels to Britain in search of a new world. Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley star.

Customer Reviews

Keep An Open Mind
A good little movie, if you don't go into it expecting anything. Entertaining and well acted.

So much wrong - but the myth nearly carries it
There's so much wrong with this film, its hard to know where to start. The gifted cast have a stunned look of horror at the script they have to work with. The historical accuracy of the story is best summarised as a brief wave at a history book... The landscapes of Cumbria and Northumbria are obviously somewhere in eastern Europe, with dark age citadels represented by late medieval castles.

If you can imagine a road accident between a student version of Lord of the Rings, the cast of HBO's 'Rome' on their day off, and a souped-up episode of the 1970s serial 'Arthur of the Britons', you're probably about there...

BUT

The cast is very strong and give the ludicrous script some transient dignity. The historical moment, when late antiquity began to fade into the mythology of the early Medieval period is fascinating, and the process of Roman citizens morphing into Britons is touched on. The central idea is quite touching, and the raw power of this myth still carries an undiluted spark of magic which can't be snuffed by the stodgiest treatment. Watch with one eye closed and release your inner 13-year old!

Truly Dire
I like a good swords and legends flick as much as the next man but this just doesn't work at all.
There's no warmth between the characters and the audience really isn't encouraged to feel anything for them - which kind of ruins eveything. The first rule of drama is that if nobody cares whether the characters live or die - there IS no drama.
Also, it sets the stage for a series of events at the end, a final battle and a resolution to a 'romance' if you can call it that - but the climax of both is squeezed into about 15 minutes of film. There's no hardship, no steadily building story or sense of anticipation, just a lot of talking and some decent action scenes followed by BANG it's over.
I really wouldn't bother with this film.