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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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
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
CinemaSerf
June 8, 2024
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 ...
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