Bloody rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2010)

A director who has some cult success with a cheap Brit horror turns to Roman history in Britannia. Is it a parable for Iraq or Afghanistan? Well, the Russian involvement maybe, but it's a cheap easy way to show a lot of blood being spilt in many differing, and often, horrific ways. No, it's not about Romans or Picts - although it's probably closer to the war Severus waged on the Picts and Caledonians around 205 AD - it's just a chase movie, with the chased getting killed at regular intervals. Presumably just like 'The Descent' even though I haven't seen it. Critics have obviously praised Director Marshall's early work for having a bit about it, and just like Tarantino after one so so movie, they cannot go back and say that he's got nothing to say and his latest movie is crap. Michael Fassbender, praised to high heaven for his portrayal of Bobby Sands, is anonymous here playing a conventional role - more disappointment for the critics. No the lost legion - the 9th Hispana - deserved better than this absolute pile of excrement. Plot useless, acting phoned in, dialogue edgily poor, and another promising Brit flick dies a death at the box office - took about Â£250,000! And people are complaining about the abolition of the UK Film Council - really, they funded this heap of rubbish!