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The Eagle
In this film, Britain, ruled by the Romans, was facing a bad course at some point in history. One day, a young Roman soldier was trying to honor his father's memory by finding his lost gold ring and dealing with it in the memories of his lost father.
28 May 1985
1 January 1970, Durham, North Carolina, USA
5 August 1963, London, England, UK
14 November 1987, Dublin, Ireland
7 November 1940, Oakland, California, USA
14 March 1986, Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK
16 March 1964
February 09, 2012
'The Eagle' will likely find a future life on the video shelves of high school history teachers looking for a semi-educational way to kill a couple of days worth of classes.
February 11, 2011
The latest sandals-and-swords outing, "The Eagle" has landed . . . with a thud.
March 23, 2011
Best of all is Anthony Dod Mantle's breathtaking photography: the Scottish Highlands have never looked so eerily, threateningly beautiful.
July 24, 2013
Despite its bleak atmosphere and sparse storyline, period drama The Eagle is a pleasant surprise. It entertains with some great sword play, and the themes of honor and bravery overcome the simplicity of the story.
February 14, 2011
Wild-eyed, long-haired Brits leap atop the Romans' shields as the soldiers blindly hack away, the bodies so close that you can barely tell the victor from the vanquished. The battles in the fog and rain have a hallucinatory power.
June 22, 2013
It's a video game, after all: Dull sensation, easily recognizable and comforting images and a total lack of recollection of what it is you were just doing within seconds of it being over.
February 11, 2011
There's a predictable arc, as the two enemies have to overcome their mutual mistrust to survive.
January 18, 2013
Inferior to the similar, based-n-the-same-history "Centurion."
February 12, 2011
However you slice it, The Eagle is hokum, but modern-day Scots may get a kick out of the film's depiction of their ancestors as mud-caked hellions. Modern-day Romans will have to settle for less.
September 21, 2012
It really all comes down to the story. Just like Tatum wasn't up to the task of bringing the character to life, the filmmakers weren't up to the task of bringing the story to life, and that makes all the difference.
September 04, 2013
like many modern war films, it gets too introspective on the horrors of war and the uncertain righteousness of any one side
February 22, 2011
The story sags in the middle, as our wanderers traipse through the highlands-not a happy environment for Tatum, who, before his journey even begins, looks all at sea in this distant age.
