It was also a pleasure to see Liam “Monkey see, monkey do” Cunningham, under Marshall’s direction again.įor me, though, Centurion proved to almost be a victim of its own success, with its amazing first act proving near impossible to better what followed, especially when the film takes its inevitable path in the second half. The large supporting cast are equally strong and far too numerous to mention in detail, but any concerns about Olga Kurylenko’s vocal performance are laid to rest when her character is revealed to have no tongue (following a brutal ordeal told in retrospect), leaving her beauty and fierce skill with a spear to do the work for her. I wondered why Marshall would deprive me of a good Sean Pertwee fix in Centurion, but having witnessed an extremely buff West, came to realise that, were both to share the screen at the same time, there would be enough raw testosterone to impregnate a heterosexual man. Just forget Death Proof ever happened) and proves to be as adept at sword play as he is at being a comparatively sensitive soul.įrom previous experience, I wasn’t too sure what I’d make of Dominic West as fellow lead Virilus, having yet to see The Wire (despite multiple recommendations), leaving my last impression of him down to the trashy and mega-violent Punisher: War Zone, but he effortlessly stole every scene he was in. Michael Fassbender, as Quintus, makes for an immediately sympathetic lead, whose voiceover and actions lead us through the mythic tale, supported along the way by some recognisable faces.įassbender is most likely best known of late for making a slight faux pas, in Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds (which I really can’t recommend highly enough if you’ve been putting off watching it. Both films feature strong British casts, predominantly male, stuck out in beautiful and threatening surroundings, being hunted by a superior and feral foe and who are then forced to try and survive with a combination of wits and weapons, while their numbers dwindle. Centurion is no exception and shares more than a few similarities with my favourite film of his to date, Dog Soldiers, and is all the better for it.
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