The small but vocal fan base of Neil Marshall are celebrating today as the overrated director’s latest offering, “Centurion,” has been picked up by Magnet for a stateside release.
The film is the last entry of Magnet’s second (and fairly random) “Six Shooter Film” series which is “a collection of six of the most exciting contemporary worldwide action films.” The other titles in the series are “Bronson,” “Red Cliff,” “Ong Bak 2,” “District 13: Ultimatum” and “The Warlords,” and judging by those that have hit theaters already, don’t hold your breath for a wide release.
Here’s the official synopsis from the press release:
Boasting savagely violent battle scenes and an adrenaline fueled chase through the breathtaking Scottish highlands, “Centurion” is set during the war between Roman soldiers and Pict tribesmen during the 2nd century Roman conquest of Britain. Michael Fassbender stars as Quintus Dias, Roman centurion and son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue a captured general (Dominic West). The son of the Pict leader is murdered during the raid, and the Romans find themselves hunted by a seemingly unstoppable group of the Pict’s most vicious and skilled warriors, led by a beautiful and deadly tracker (Olga Kurylenko), who are hell bent on revenge.
As you might recall, the trailer landed a couple of weeks ago and we thought it played like “Kingdom Of Heaven”-lite. Some people disagreed, but they will be able to see for themselves when the film is released this summer (or, if they’re in the UK, on April 23rd) in, again, what will very likely be a small, limited release.