The Eagle

2011 114 min ★ 6.2 Adventure, Drama

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.

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Cast

Channing Tatum

Marcus Aquila

Mark Strong

Guern

Jamie Bell

Esca

Donald Sutherland

Aquila

Denis O'Hare

Lotorius

Tahar Rahim

Seal Prince

Dakin Matthews

Claudius Marcellus

Douglas Henshall

Cradoc

Paul Ritter

Galba

Pip Carter

Servius Placidus

Details

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Screenplay

Jeremy Brock

Tagline

"The destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$27,122,040

Production

Prime Focus, Toledo Productions, Focus Features, Twins Financing, Film4 Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 8, 2024

★ 7/10

I will admit that I quite enjoyed this reversioning of Rosemary Sutcliff's book "The Eagle of the Ninth". Channing Tatum takes on the role of "Marcus Aquila" - son of one of the cohort commanders of the famous 9th legion that vanished in the highlands of modern-day Scotland sometime in the 2nd Century AD. Determined to restore the honour of his father, he and his slave "Esca" (Jamie Bell) set off ...