Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth

"The Last legion" is a fantasy action-adventure in the vein of "The Sword and the Stone" set against the fall of Rome and its last emperor, 12 year-old Romulus Augustus, the boy who would rule for a...( read more  read more... ) day before losing all that he loved: his family, his home, and an empire that once stood for truth and honor. Imprisoned on the island-fortress of Capri, Romulus searches for a means of escape. He discovers instead "excaliburnus," the legendary sword of Julius Caesar, and realizes that he must do all in his power to save Rome. Aided by the clever strategies of his teacher, Ambrosinus, and the heroic skills of his loyal legionnaire, Aurelius, Romulus escapes the island. Accompanied by his friends and a mysterious envoy from Constantinople, Romulus travels to Britannia in search of the last Roman Legion – the fabled Dragon Legion. There, Romulus will fight alongside his friends to make his last stand for Rome and take his first steps to becoming a man and he king who would father a legend.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Doug Lefler

Release Date: August 17, 2007

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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2007

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  • July 18, 2009
    This is straight outta the 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves book' its better looking and more accurate than 'Thieves'but its still too silly and over the top. I thought it was a serious film at first, the cast are too D-list and not very good, it needed at least one or two big name...( read more)s in there. Although Rai is stunning to look at x the idea of a kind of prequel to the King Arthur story is a nice touch but this is just too silly.
  • July 14, 2009
    I think this movie is under rated. its gotta simple story, decent action, likable characters and its funny. I liked it.
  • March 29, 2009
    The Last Legion just didn't click with me. It lacked the crucial sense of "epic-ness" that movies of this ilk need. The cast was unexciting, the story flew by without making an impression, it was just not fun to watch.

    The whole King Arthur connection seemed to be just tacked on...( read more) in order to bring in more viewers. There was just enough history in the story to let the viewer know how horribly inaccurate it all was. Couldn't they at least have gotten a decent number of extras for the boring battle scenes?
  • November 29, 2008
    keep falling asleep in the middle of this one
  • November 3, 2008
    a so so adventure film basically made for family viewing and with ben kingsley abnormally doing some pretty shit acting. colin firth... can't stand the fairy. a fairy holding a sword?? what's the world coming to?
  • November 5, 2009
    this is a good movie and have a good story
  • October 30, 2009
    i think it's a pretty good movie. i just watched it last night, and i think it's enough to give us such an action ancient movie. but aishwara role for me is just not fit. but it's pretty sad to saw what a little boy should carry such a responsibility to be a ceaser in very young ...( read more)age. it's funny, i like the jokes they made. overall, this movie is good, but they need more action and battle to make it more interesting. i only curious about the other enemy who still stand in rome, what happen to him? why don't he being defeated? that's strange...
  • October 12, 2009
    Over the top mish mosh of inaccurate history,regions,time periods etc

    but still a good fantasy escape...merlin is pimiping his powers like a motherfucker in this one!....hehe i mean if they were going for realism, I think the whole merlin "FIREBALLS" super trick threw that shit ...( read more)out the window!

    Decent Arthurian based fantasy movie.....I likes!.
  • October 8, 2009
    Oh where to begin. So many cliches - the mysterious fighter who turns out to be a beautiful woman - I'm sorry but give me a break. It makes me chuckle and there were several parts that made me chuckle. I guess I'll say that it was a passable effort. The action was okay but th...( read more)e villains sucked, Colin Firth, as good as he can be, was not right for that role and Ben Kingsley tried to make the best out of what he was given. Aaahh well. You never know till you watch them all.
  • September 30, 2009
    The credits did promise much more of this somewhat crappy film.
    Set and surroundings and some special features works fine, but the script is everything from boring to just raving bad

Critic Reviews


August 17, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Put yourself in the proper boy's-adventure mindset and The Last Legion's corny moments will just add to the charm. full review

August 17, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

All are given swords to swing and mouthfuls of fake archaic dialogue to speak and none of it makes a whisper of sense. full review

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Comments


  • HoosierBear28
    May 25, 2008
    this movie sucks!!
  • stevewyllie1
    October 17, 2007
    its entertaining and thats what we need!!!action,comical humour,battles,historic theme an escape from the real world!!

  • gunner88544
    September 2, 2007
    Burn all copies of this film now!!! Only watch this film if u want to cringe yourself to death
  • gyvette
    August 21, 2007
    I can not wait to see this movie!!!!
  • tolomo
    August 19, 2007
    the film is based on a book by an italian writer, Valerio Massimo Manfredi...
  • ALISON1900US
    August 18, 2007
    it seeing like as great maovies to watch itwhen come oute
  • callum365
    August 16, 2007
    not seen it yet but if its as good as the book was, itll be great
  • markeyrulz
    August 16, 2007
    Its.. based on a book called "The Last Legion"
  • maryammaryammaryam
    August 14, 2007
    I had been it.. I'm so lucky.. lol
  • lordmark05
    August 14, 2007
    would like to see it out of intrest

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