In 120 A.D. Flavius Aquila led 5,000 elite Roman soldiers on a mission beyond the edge of the known world – to highlands of Caledonia (modern days Scotland). They were never seen again… 20 years later the commander’s son Mark Aquila (Channing Tatum) makes promise to himself to solve out the mystery of their disappearance and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth, by finding lost legion's golden emblem – the Eagle. Hearing a rumor that the Eagle has been seen in a tribal temple in the far north of Caledonia, Marcus sets out to the dangerous journey. Saving the life of a young Caledonian, Esca (Jamie Bell), tossed like bait in a gladiatorial contest, Marcus takes the grateful but surly fellow as his slave and, despite warnings that “No Roman could survive across the Hadrian's Wall”, ventures beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest to confront the savage tribes and retrieve the Eagle of the Ninth.
Casting: Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Denis O'Hare
Directed by: Kevin MacDonald