Yet another Roman tale - Great plot,Good movie

Rating: 6/10 (24 August 2010)

Rome has so much bloodshed,treachery and twists to offer,Roman movies and series are entertaining as a thumb rule.But this makes the task of a movie based on Rome to stand out harder than other genres. The name of the movie is a bit misplaced.The movie has nothing to do with any centurion.The protagonist just happens to be a centurion, which happens to be a catchy word.
Besides that,the plot is really engrossing and could have been molded into a much better movie.The pace of the plot is great and twists are uniformly spread.The twists and coincidences really deserve an applause.I earnestly hope there is a better remake of the plot someday. As far as acting is concerned,there isn't much emphasis. Etain(Olga) is good and others are OK. Emotions are left out in all that screaming and killing. All the attention is on battles. One to one combats are great and the starting battles are also good.Most of the movie is a man-hunt,which has been portrayed nicely.I think it is the best part of the movie.But the end of the man-hunt is rather disappointing.
A major pitfall of the movie is poor background score. Another shortcoming is that the movie also lacks depiction of detailed Roman or Pictish rituals and traditions.They usually make interesting stuff.
The Final Word: Watch,Enjoy,Expect Nothing..The movie is good in itself. But with so much good stuff about Rome around -Gladiator, Spartacus, I,Claudius, Ben-Hur and all,it is average by comparison.