The Eagle

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.

Cast

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum

as Marcus Aquila

Mark Strong

Mark Strong

as Guern

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

as Esca

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

as Aquila

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

as Lotorius

Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

as Seal Prince

Dakin Matthews

Dakin Matthews

as Claudius Marcellus

Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

as Cradoc

Paul Ritter

Paul Ritter

as Galba

Pip Carter

Pip Carter

as Servius Placidus

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I will admit that I quite enjoyed this reversioning of Rosemary Sutcliff's book "The Eagle of the Ninth". Channing Tatum takes on the role of "Marcus Aquila" - son of one of the cohort commanders of the famous 9th legion that vanished in the highlands of modern-day Scotland sometime in the 2nd Centu...

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