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Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
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Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Liam Cunningham, Andreas Wisniewski, Ulrich Thomsen, David Morrissey, Axelle Carolyn, Imogen Poots, Riz Ahmed, Michael Carter, Tom Mannion, J. J. Feild, Noel Clarke, Dimitri Leonidas, Paul Freeman, Dave Legeno, Jake Maskall, Eoin Macken, Rachael Stirling, Peter Guinness, Dylan Brown
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Village Voice
Up to now, writer-director Neil Marshall has specialized in horror movies (Dog Soldiers, The Descent), but here, he imagines and communicates a remote world with terrific energy and a passion for detail.
80
Variety
"Doomsday," horror-trained British helmer Neil Marshall flexes strong action muscles and carves copious flesh here, creating the sort of broadsword-based bedlam that will thrill fans of ancient martial movies.
75
The plot's pretty thin -- even for a gladiator movie. Fortunately, when it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro.
75
Marshall, who helmed the underrated horror film, "The Descent," has a flair for the visual. Some of the mountainscapes, captured by use of a helicopter, are nothing short of spectacular.
70
Centurion delivers some large-scale action but plays almost like a Roman-era Western in its depiction of a few soldiers trying to get home alive after the slaughter of their comrades.
