Vicious, picturesque setting but what's with the models?

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2010)

I just have a little issue with the plausibility. The guys in here look like mutants from Mad Max but the girls are all skinny and model looking. If you were in the cold northern woods of Briton, wouldn't you need that extra layer of fat to survive and wouldn't your face be weathered? Obviously the director has a thing for models, as you can see from his other works like THE DESCENT. But here, a 115 lbs model throwing an axe around? Give me a break. Other than that, there's nothing cooler than seeing Roman Legionnaires in fur capes set against the snow capped mountains of Scotland. Only one other movie has that epic proportion feel (FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE).
PROs: 1. No good guys. Romans are just as vicious as the barbarians. Making the analogy about the US and their foes. 2. Betrayals (at the end). Another analogy about the US and their own internal hypocrisies.
CONs: Using models as girl barbarians.