The Eagle (2011)
Rating: 6.2/10
Duration: 114 min
Director(s): Kevin Macdonald,
Description:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Cast
- Paul Ritter as Galba
- Donald Sutherland as Aquila
- Mark Strong as Guern
- Tahar Rahim as Seal Prince
- Douglas Henshall as Cradoc
- Dakin Matthews as Claudius Marcellus
- Jamie Bell as Esca
- Ned Dennehy as Seal Chief / The Horned One
- Channing Tatum as Marcus Aquila
- Denis O'Hare as Lotorius
- István Göz as Cohort Centurion
- Pip Carter as Servius Placidus
- Bence Gerö as Celt Boy / Young Marcus
- Zsolt László as Paulus
- Julian Lewis Jones as Cassius