19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.
AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts. Quintus Dias (Fassbender), sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' (West) legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon. But when the legion is ambushed on unfamiliar ground, and Virilus taken captive, Quintus faces a desperate struggle to keep his small platoon alive behind enemy lines. Enduring the harsh terrain and evading their remorseless Pict pursuers led by revenge-hungry Pict Warrior Etain (Kurylenko), the band of soldiers race to rescue their General and to reach the safety of the Roman frontier.
Casting: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke
Directed by Neil Marshall
Script: Neil Marshall
Producer: Christian Colson, Robert Jones
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
Inspired by true events, this is a story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself – even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making a historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.