An entertaining action film

Rating: 6/10 (3 May 2011)

The film is set in Roman Britain in 117AD when the Romans are having their usual problems with the Picts in Scotland. The hero. having escaped from the captivity of the picts, joins the 9th legion at York. The legion are ordered to destroy the picts but they are ambushed in a forest. A small group of survivors led by our Centurian hero, are unsuccessful in rescuing the legion commander and are subsequently chased by the picts throughout Scotland.
I would like to deal with the historical accuracy. The 9th legion was possibly lost in Scotland but it was not ordered there by the Governor Julius Agricola. He had left Britian about 30 years earlier after defeating the tribes in Scotlan. Hadrians wall was certainly not commenced immediately. The Roman forts would have been built surrounded by a deep ditch. The ditches were missing from these forts. The legion would have been accompanied by a large force of auxillaries. These were absent.
However it was an enjoyable albeit bloodthirsty, action romp.