The Eagle [2011 film]
by Kevin Macdonald (Director), Jeremy Brock (Screenwriter)
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In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem.Tags
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It's clear that the filmmakers did actually read Rosemary Sutcliff's book, but they cut most of the character moments that make the book a treasure and replaced them with fights and moralizing so we're left with a generic sword and sandal story. That being said, there are really only three departures that I feel are flat out wrong: not freeing Esca before going North was a mistake because it's important that it's his choice to go; cutting the Demetrius of Alexandria bit was a mistake because it's dumb to go on a covert mission without a cover story; and having the remnants of the Ninth Legion come to the rescue was a mistake because it's just silly .
Entertaining film and stuck surprisingly close to the book.
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- Canonical title
- The Eagle [2011 film]
- Original publication date
- 2001-02-11
- People/Characters
- Marcus Flavius Aquila; Esca Mac Cunoval; Uncle Aquila; Guern the Hunter
- Related movies
- The Eagle (2011 | IMDb)
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- English, Finnish, Spanish
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