The Last Legion - In Theaters August 17th!

Rome, 476 AD. The Roman Empire is being threatened. A mighty force for almost 500 years, (at its height, Rome's power spread from Mesopotamia in the east to the Iberian peninsula in the west, from the Rhine and Danube in the north to Egypt in the south), this story follows the gripping capture of young Romulus Augustus (THOMAS SANGSTER).

On the eve of twelve-year-old Romulus Augustus' crowning ceremony to become the new emperor, Barbarian general Odoacer (PETER MULLAN) arrives in Rome to make a deal with Orestes (IAIN GLEN). Odoacer makes demands of the Roman Empire in fair exchange for his decade-long support of the Roman legions in the east. But Orestes refuses.

On Coronation day, as all of Rome gathers to watch the proceedings, Ambrosinus (SIR BEN KINGSLEY), the shaman who is a mentor and tutor to Romulus, predicts danger. Orestes is worried about his son's safety and appoints Aurelius (COLIN FIRTH) of the fourth legion to be his personal guard. That night, Aurelius and his legionnaires confront danger—Odoacer and his army have returned to Rome.

With a deafening roar, the Barbarian army storms the city. A battle ensues, the brutal invaders show no mercy and blood flows through the streets. With Orestes slaughtered, Romulus is captured along with Ambrosinus and taken to the island fortress of Capri. There, Romulus finds the mythical sword of Caesar that holds the prophecy, "One edge to defend, one to defeat; ...to fit the hand of he...who is destined to rule."

But, not all the Roman legionnaires are dead. Aurelius is alive and when he learns that the Byzantine Empire will give Romulus sanctuary, he embarks on a journey to the coast accompanied by a small group of his men and a mysterious, black-clad Byzantine warrior. Later, Aurelius discovers what lies behind the black clothing—a beautiful, young woman named Mira (AISHWARYA RAI).

Thanks to the strategic cunning of Ambrosinus and the fighting skill of Aurelius and Mira, Romulus is freed. But, when the group arrives on shore, they learn that the Byzantines have joined forces with Odoacer's army of Goths. Faced with such betrayal, they must find the one legion still loyal to Rome—the ninth legion in Britannia.

As they set off in search of the last legion, Romulus and Aurelius together embark on a new beginning.

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[Draggis92]

this may be the worst movie ever made

[passionfly1]

I love how the announcer says "Freedoms Fate lies on one last Legion" yet the ROmans never were a democracy nor did they stand for any sort of freedom. They were an oligarchical dictatorship that oppressed every single civilization they came into contact with by brute force. Nice way to rewrite history. What a bunch of crap lol A movie of Hannibal who killed over 110,000 Legionnaires would be better suited for "freedom". Hannibal @ Cannae killed a 2 mile square of Legion soldiers!

[wipeout911]

It's ironic that @majestyc54 says that Europeans are a dying people. He has obviously never heard of the work of Adolf Hitler before.

[seedo201]

@passionfly1 hannibal is not european so he cant stand for freedom. romans are european so they must for freedom in movies:)

[clarkydpimp]

@majestyc54 have you just travelled through time or something ? The us economy is a complete fucking mess, your knee deep in shit as a country and your talking dumb shit about europeans being a dying people??? As for knowing your european history.. bravo the american history could probably fit into 1 book, 500 years worth woohoo! Native americans are the only true americans the rest came from Europe.... don't forget your roots dumb ass

[bayfield4222]

@cleverfeller There are people in America who know our history as well! Yes "our" history, we share heritage. Not all of us are dumb shit heads that love watching high budget garbage films like this.

[ArmoGeorgian]

The casting agent should be sacked, the little kid ruins the whole movie, I am sure he must be related to someone involved with the movie, otherwise why would you choose him??

[crewmannumber7]

looks like the indian girl and the kid ruined this movie.

[coyote13131313]

@cleverfeller Us americans know history well enough to know this is bullshit, but it's a movie. Most people don't care if a movie's historically accurate, it's for entertainment. Although this particular movie doesn't look entertaining at all, it looks like shit.

[coyote13131313]

@cleverfeller Us americans know history well enough to know this is bullshit, but it's a movie. Most people don't care if a movie's historically accurate, it's for entertainment.

[kuro570]

What the hell is this horse sh&^??