Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 9, 2023 1.5/4

Marshall’s low-budget preoccupation with splattering blood and limb-chopping carnage doesn’t help matters—though it will please the same audiences that loved Zack Snyder’s 300.

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Shadow and Act Staff Shadow and Act Sep 13, 2022

The running voice-over throughout the film felt unnecessary – whether as Dias’ interior monologue, or even as a griot of sorts. It served no instructive purpose.

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Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Jul 6, 2021

It ain't art - although some of it's very pretty to look at - but it is entertainment.

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Stuart McGurk NME (New Musical Express) May 19, 2021 3/10

It makes it all look like a rather fun - if easy - game. But I think I'll wait for the console to play it on.

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Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 7, 2020

Centurion offers a somewhat believable theory as to what happened to the 9th Legion, or if not believable, then at least entertaining.

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Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy Jan 15, 2020

It's a manhunt film which is not bad in itself, but the whole setting promises so much more than that and in the end the film never truly delivers.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 7, 2019

Riveting. Pulsating. An action-packed Roman thrill ride from start to finish.

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Bernice Watson CineVue Nov 5, 2018 3/5

Quickly establishes itself as refreshingly superior to the standard, run-of-the-mill "swords and sandals epic."

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Niall Browne Movies in Focus Nov 2, 2018 3/5

Centurion follows the Roman army's infamous Ninth Legion as it moves forward from Hadrian's wall into Scotland to destroy the Picts, a violent and barbarous race that plagued the Romans throughout their time in Britain.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jun 20, 2018 2.5/4

It's clear almost immediately that Centurion's biggest assets are its various performances and visceral, violent sensibilities...

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Laura Hiros Rincón de cine Mar 16, 2018 3/5

... an entertaining film, for adults who are not intimidated by rivers of blood. [Full review in Spanish]

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Matt Joseph We Got This Covered Nov 9, 2013 7/10

Centruion is an exciting and intense action/adventure film with fantastic fight scenes and strong acting.

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Dave White Movies.com Apr 4, 2011 3.5/5

Michael Fassbender can carry a movie.

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Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Mar 10, 2011 3.5/5

With a raucous, gruesome tone, this Roman-era British action movie takes us back in time in such a vivid way that we often feel a bit queasy while watching. If the story were stronger, we'd be glued to the screen.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Mar 10, 2011

The sight of a technologically superior occupying force coming a cropper in hostile foreign territory inescapably brings modern Afghanistan to mind.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Jan 3, 2011

Auteur cinema of a very narrow stripe, this personalizes a familiar genre to advance a singularly pessimistic view of humanity.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Dec 7, 2010

Director Neil Marshall thrills yet again setting forth his own vision of the gladiator epic that pays tribute to the classic tropes of the sub-genre, but is concurrently a revenge film and journey in to darkness...

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Brian Tallerico Movie Retriever Sep 17, 2010

Features a commitment to craft that helps overcome issues of storytelling by providing a visceral, violent experience designed to get you in your gut and bones more than in your heart or head.

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Jeff Bayer The Scorecard Review Sep 12, 2010 3/10

It's a cat and mouse game where we are stuck rooting for the cat even though it killed and raped thousands of mice.

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Mike Russell Oregonian Sep 10, 2010 B-

If I believed in the concept of "guilty pleasures," I'd classify Centurion as one, but I think I maybe just kind of enjoyed it.

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