Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth, John Hannah, Kevin Mckidd ...( see more  see more... ) , Peter Mullan , Robert Pugh , Rupert Friend

"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 d...( read more  read more... )ay 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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  • January 19, 2010
    Hmmm a cross breed here with a mix of historical fact ,or what we know, blended with your typical over the top action sillyness much like 'Prince of Thieves'. There are some nice touches here from the cityscape's and landscapes rendered in cgi to the attempt at telling the real t...( read more)ale behind King Arthur, Merlin, Excalibur and the events around that time involving Romans, Celts and barbarians. On one hand it does a nice job, the cast helps, in places yet doesn't in others haha Firth is reduced to a cliched action hero with invincibility on his side much like the 'hero team' *yawn* and his team are the usual predictable lot with the token sexy female warrior hehe the same for the baddies too really, your average growling bearded hulks.

    The plot is twisty and has many people dotting in n out which doesn't help with the constant mindless fighting going on between everybody and anybody, and the fighting is your usual one man army killing groups of baddies single handed type affair *groan*
    To be honest it's all rather silly apart from one or too reasonable performances, Sangster and Kingsley mainly, with the realistic historic backdrop attempt that reminds me allot of the old BBC series 'Robin Hood' with Michael Praed.

    Could of been great if it had been serious.
  • January 17, 2010
    fell asleep a couple times though
  • 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
  • December 19, 2009
    a different twist on the telling of Excalibur, cinematography great, costumes pretty good, writing so-so, acting surprisingly not as good as expected with the caliber of talent in this film.
  • December 19, 2009
    What is Colin Firth doing in this movie. What is this movie besides godawful!!
  • December 6, 2009
    This movie was really cool! it had some crazy good fights. it was very interesting until the last minute which was a pretty cheesy ending
  • December 4, 2009
    the best movie of Aishwarya Rai...and the script also greatfull
  • November 27, 2009
    This is a odd little movie?a roman film that turns into a swashbuckler?very interesting cast...shades of lord of the rings in here.

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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