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The Eagle (2011)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland
6.2
39%Runtime114 min
Rating12A
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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, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Critical Reception & Ratings
The 2011 film 'The Eagle' directed by Kevin Macdonald received mixed reviews from critics, with a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While the film's IMDb rating of 6.2/10 indicates a moderately positive audience reception, it did not receive any significant awards recognition.
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Fans of historical adventure dramas will appreciate director Kevin Macdonald's captivating 2011 film The Eagle, which features powerful performances from Channing Tatum and Mark Strong as a Roman soldier searching for his father's lost legion in the untamed highlands of ancient Britain.
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The Eagle is a 2011 epic historical drama film set in Roman Britain directed by Kevin Macdonald, and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. Adapted by Jeremy Brock from Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth (1954), the film tells the story of a young Roman officer attempting to recover the lost Roman eagle standard of his father's legion in Caledonia. The story is based on the Ninth Spanish Legion's supposed disappearance in Britain. Historically, the purported disappearance of the Ninth Legion in Northern Britain is a subject of debate.
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