The Last Legion (2007)

Note Générale:

5,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Doug Lefler

Scénaristes (WGA):

Jez Butterworth (screenplay) &
Tom Butterworth (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

17 août 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Fantasy | Guerre

Accroche:

Before King Arthur, there was Excalibur.

Intrigue:

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Capri | Sword | Roman Empire | Emperor

Récompenses:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Delightful Adventure

Ensemble

Colin Firth	...	Aurelius
Ben Kingsley	...	Ambrosinus / Merlin
Aishwarya Rai	...	Mira
Peter Mullan	...	Odoacer
Kevin McKidd	...	Wulfila
John Hannah	...	Nestor
Iain Glen	...	Orestes
Thomas Sangster	...	Romulus Augustus
Rupert Friend	...	Demetrius
Nonso Anozie	...	Batiatus
Owen Teale	...	Vatrenus
Alexander Siddig	...	Theodorus Andronikos
Robert Pugh	...	Kustennin
James Cosmo	...	Hrothgar
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Vortgyn

Autre(s) titre(s):

L'ultima legione (Italy)
La dernière légion (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence.

Durée:

102 min

Pays:

UK | Italy | France | Tunisia

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | France:Unrated | Ireland:12A | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-13 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13

Lieux de tournage:

Cerveny Castle, Pezinok, Slovakia

Société:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Anecdotes:

The title is translated as "The Legend of King Arthur's Sword" in Thai.

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: The sword the legendary king Arthur pulled from the stone was not Excalibur, he pulled a sword from the stone in the legend but that one later broke in battle, so he had a new blade forged: Excalibur. It would not make sense to most viewers however, if it wasn't Excalibur in the stone.

Guillemet:

[Aurelius and Mira escape the Goths by leaping off the cliff into the ocean]
Aurelius: You were right, Batiatus. It is quicker on the way down.

Connexions:

Références Love Actually (2003)

Delightful Adventure

In 460 AD, the Goths leaded by Odoacer (Peter Mullan) invade Rome; kill the parents of the Caesar Romulus Augustus (Thomas Sangster) and send the boy and his tutor Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley) to a prison in Capri. The govern of Constantinople together with Senator Nestor (John Hannah) send the warrior Mira (Aishwarya Rai) to help the loyal commander Aurelius (Colin Firth) to rescue Romulus with a few soldiers that have survived the attack and bring him to Constantinople. They succeed in their mission but when they return, they discover that they have been betrayed by Nestor. Without any other alternative, they navigate to Britannia to meet the last Roman legion, but they have a huge surprise.

"The Last Legion" is a delightful adventure absolutely underrated in IMDb. The story recalls those classic adventures of Errol Flynn or Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with good plot and no gore and a wonderful cinematography, indeed a great family entertainment. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Última Legião" ("The Last Legion")