The Last Legion

The action-adventure film The Last Legion takes us back to the fall of the Roman Empire under the rule of Romulus Augustus combined with elements of Arthurian legend.

Fast Facts

1. Release: August 17, 2007
2. Director: Doug Lefler
3. Distributor: The Weinstein Company
4. Runtime: 110 minutes
5. MPAA: PG-13
6. Based on the novel by Valerio Manfredi
7. Opening box office: $2,746,312

Cast

• Colin Firth as Aurelius
• Ben Kingsley as Ambrosinus, Merlin
• Aishwarya Rai as Mira
• Peter Mullan as Odoaker

Reviews

"The Last Legion isn't the worst movie to be released this August but it's not a motion picture I would run out to spend money on. At least when this is shown on television, the magnitude of the production will match the dimensions of the picture."—Reel Views¹

"At its infrequent best, however, this ungainly international co-production more closely resembles an old-fashioned Saturday matinee action-adventure. Pic is seriously hampered by glaring inconsistencies of tone and intent, and often feels like a series of highlights carved out of a much longer epic. But cable and homevid viewers might enjoy the fitfully rousing hodgepodge after it completes a token theatrical run."—Variety²

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