The Last Legion (2007)

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Rome, circa 470 A.D. The Roman Empire is weak. Young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks for Britain. He is searching for his "Last Legion", a legion of supporters.

Historical movies are always very difficult to judge, and rightly so, since they usually lack details of the depicted era, and this movie has those flaws. It is far from being perfect, or even good. It is rather ... read more

I think this movie had a lot of potential but it fell far short of it. It really didn't do anything for me which is a shame because I was looking forward to it. A lot of the actors weren't up to scratch and I think that was more due to the fact that they weren't suited to their roles rather then being bad actors. Aishwarya Rai, for example, although I love her in every other role I've seen her in ... read more

This is one movie you can wait for cable. Don't waste money on renting it. It was a "B" movie wanting to be an "A" movie.

Description: Fall of the Roman Empire, 476 d. C. On the eve of the coronation of Romulus Augustulus, Odoacer, king of the Heruli (Peter Mullan) arrives in Rome to make a deal with Orestes (Ian Glen), but he rejects their demandsThe day of the coronation, Ambrosino (Ben Kingsley), mentor and tutor to Romulus, predicts a great danger. Orestes, worried about the safety of your child, appoints Aurelius (Colin Firth), the fourth legion, to protect him.That night, Aurelius and his legionnaires have to defend Rome from attack by the troops of Odoacer, but the barbarians are defeated and taken the city. After the capture of Romulus and his transfer Fall of the Roman Empire, 476 d. C. On the eve of the coronation of Romulus Augustulus, Odoacer, king of the Heruli (Peter Mullan) arrives in Rome to make a deal with Orestes (Ian Glen), but he rejects their demandsThe day of the coronation, Ambrosino (Ben Kingsley), mentor and tutor to Romulus, predicts a great danger. Orestes, worried about the safety of your child, appoints Aurelius (Colin Firth), the fourth legion, to protect him.That night, Aurelius and his legionnaires have to defend Rome from attack by the troops of Odoacer, but the barbarians are defeated and taken the city. After the capture of Romulus and his transfer to Capri, Aurelio tries to rescue the company of his loyal men and a mysterious warrior: the beautiful Mira (Aishwarya Rai)After freeing the emperor, the group sets out to find the one legion still loyal to Rome: the ninth legion, found in Britain ... (more) (less)