The Eagle (2011)

6.2/10 114 min Adventure Drama

Overview

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

Marcus Aquila

Mark Strong

Guern

Jamie Bell

Esca

Donald Sutherland

Aquila

Denis O'Hare

Lotorius

Tahar Rahim

Seal Prince

Dakin Matthews

Claudius Marcellus

Douglas Henshall

Cradoc

Paul Ritter

Galba

Pip Carter

Servius Placidus

Ned Dennehy

Seal Chief / The Horned One

Zsolt László

Paulus

Julian Lewis Jones

Cassius

Brian Gleeson

Traveller #1

Jon Campling

Traveller #2

Granville Saxton

Patrician

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