A good Film that could have been Great

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2014)

Centurion is a good movie that could have been a great movie. With the exception of a few silly and foolish scenes, time restrictions, and poor decisions by the Director, Centurion could have been much better than it was. The word funny should not apply to this film in any way. The Roman situation in Britain or the campaign of the Roman 9th Legion is not humorous. Unfortunately the Director tries to add humor to this film by adding scenes which give the viewer the impression of this being a Monty Python production. Barbarians screaming out a battle cry 200 feet away from Roman soldiers is just beyond foolish. It gives away the element of surprise and is not realistic in any way. Nor is it adding any kind of real humor to the film. It only leaves the viewer shaking his head in disgust and disbelief that such foolish scenes were actually included in this film. Also the whole situation Thax created when killing the Pict King's son makes no sense at all. If Thax did not smother the boy to death when they were trying to rescue their General, the Roman soldiers would have been captured or killed right then and there. This was a damned if I do, damned if I don't situation for Thax. This scenario leaves the viewer puzzled and gives the film a makes no sense kind of ending. Beside these things I have mentioned, this is a good movie which is well worth watching.