predictable

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2019)

The action is good, cinematography good, actors good, script not bad, however, the plot is scripted. I mean badly. I felt like I knew how to fight the Picts better than the Romans' two decades of warfare. I know change is hard, but even the narrator admits this. Why would a Pict warrior betray her own people? It smelled like a trap from this side of the screen? What's in it for her? Sure, a few Pict lives to gain trust for the bigger game, but she was bringing the whole 9th Legion to them. Suddenly, after the big battle, six Romans get it and become commandos? The way the Romans conquer can't help but attract a lot of attention and make for excellent exceedingly annoying targets.
The second half of the movie was better.