Magnolia Pictures has debuted three new character posters and eight new hi-res photos from the upcoming film Centurion, which is available now via VOD, Playstation Network, Xbox Marketplace and Amazon and will hit theaters on August 27, 2010
AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts.
Quintus, 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.
But when the legion is ambushed on unfamiliar ground, and Virilus taken captive, Quintus faces a desperate struggle to keep his small platoon alive behind enemy lines, evading remorseless Pict pursuers over harsh terrain, as the band of soldiers race to rescue their General, and to reach the safety of the Roman frontier.
Centurion is directed by Neil Marshall (Doomsday, The Descent) and based on a script he wrote. Stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, JJ Feild and Riz Ahmed.
