Decent action costume drama

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2010)

The Last Legion pleased me. It tied in to a number of things I have read or watched over the last year or so - the early life of Attila the Hun and the fall of Rome, the films about the 9th Legion which came out in 2010, Clive Owen's King Arthur movie - they all have a bearing on what takes place in this story of a small group of Roman soldiers who take the 12 year old Emperor Romulus to Britannia once Rome has fallen.
This low profile film has high production values and an excellent cast - Colin Firth is the officer of the soldiers, Ben Kingsley is a druid/mentor, Aishwarya Rai is an exotic warrior maiden, and the excellent Thomas Sangster plays young Romulus, old before his time.
There is a lot of action, well choreographed, and beautiful locations as well as some acceptable process photography.
And, although there are a lot of battles, there is nothing very graphic and no bad language, so this is an exciting film for families to watch.