The Last Legion (2007) (original) (raw)
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Original title
The Last Legion
Year
2007
Running time
101 min.
Country
United Kingdom
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Co-production United Kingdom-France-Italy;
Genre
Adventure. Action. War | Roman Empire
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Synopsis
Rome, 476AD. The Roman Empire is under threat. A mighty force for almost 500 years, at its height Rome’s power spread from Mesopotamia in the east to the Iberian peninsula in the west, from the Rhine and Danube in the north to Egypt in the south. This story follows the events surrounding the historical capture of Romulus Augustus and his imprisonment on the island of Capri.
On the eve of the ceremony to crown twelve-year-old Romulus Augustus (Thomas Sangster) as the new emperor, the Barbarian general Odoacer arrives in Rome to make a deal with Orestes, patrician and father of the young Caesar. Odoacer makes demands on the power of the Roman Empire, in fair exchange for his decade-long support of the Roman legions in the east. Orestes refuses.
On the day of the coronation, as the whole of Rome gathers to watch the proceedings, Ambrosinus, the shaman who is a mentor and tutor to Romulus, predicts danger. Orestes is worried for his son’s safety and appoints Aurelius, the tribune of the fourth legion, as his personal guard. That night Aurelius and his legionnaires are confronted by a real danger—Odoacer and his army of Goths have returned to the outskirts of Rome to conquer the city.
Critics' reviews
- "Not as bad as it sounds nor as good as it might have been"
- "When a movie wants to be sold as a spectacle, it had better deliver something more spectacular than this."
- "Lackluster and decidedly old-fashioned (in the worst way)"
- "A boy's adventure story that seems to have been dragged out of the vaults of some early-sixties TV series."
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