Centurion is Neill Marshall’s (The Descent) sword and sandal film, that looks to take place in the first 15 minutes of Gladiator. That opening battle in Gladiator that shows Crowe leading his men into battle in hopes that if they die it will be glorious and for Rome. It was inspiring and brutal.
Centurion looks like it will be all about that side of battle and less about the gladiatoral arena. After a legion gets wiped out by the merciless Pict warriors, a handful of survivors head off to reclaim their captured General and kill the Pict warrior queen.
The film looks pretty solid, but I was distracted at the mention of Olga Kurylenko as the warrior queen who is causing all this trouble for the Romans. But the trailer implies that she has no speaking lines, so at least she looks good. She’s not that bad looking but I can’t wrap my head around a 90lb girl as a warrior, and she takes acting tips from Megan Fox.
No word as to when this might drift over the pond to the US, but they are talking about releasing it in the UK sometime this year.
