Expected better.

Rating: 3/10 (23 August 2010)

You can spot several mindless errors in this film. Roman history, what a joke? A good start to the film nevertheless but the characters which attract attention do not last beyond the first half of the film. The storyline is easy to predict. The director seems focused on showing scenes of swords and slashing rather than a story. 300 gave us gore with swords. Do something different! And the end?? Did Mills and Boon give a helping hand? The depiction of the Picts is laughable by the way if you know your history. The Romans;' in one scene you get the stereotypical politician and in another you get to the Syrian cook. Does this director know any history? I have to be honest and say I was looking forward to this. Perhaps, I expected too much. Regardless, avoid. Too much of this is targeted towards instantaneous entertainment. This could have been so much better. I gave 3 rather than 1 because the first 1/4 hour were passable.