2010 · action · adventure · war
Centurion (2010)
Directed by Neil Marshall1h 37m2010
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.
Our read: Centurion (2010) (2010) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · adventure · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / adventure, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
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