Neil Marshall's latest film (Dog Soldiers/The Descent fame) and I have to say I'm disappointed.
Where do I begin? The anachronistic language for one which was purposefully done by Marshall but means the project is squarely aimed at a particular demograph and lessens his intentions.
Who are we rooting for in this movie? It's obvious that we are siding with the Romans despite them decimating our original religion, language and culture and painting the 'others' (the Pictish- original Northern British natives) as utter savages with barely a redeeming feature between them.
The use of CGI blood especially in the first half is shocking considering his influences and love of classic action cinema.
Not enough of the support cast (Dominic West, Lee Ross) but Michael Fassbender is superb once again in a trio of films I have seen him in recently (Eden Lake, The Hunger and this film).
It's a fairly decent watch but this could have been a classic. Great cinematography though.