The Rebels

I don't understand what this film is about. Roman soldiers with Scottish accents; clothing not accurate for the time; kids are hungry but all they do is sit around; don't waste your time...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

The one shot opening scene is ruined by the amount of people looking directly into camera. The immersion into Roman Wales is lost as soon as the lead characters start talking like 21st centuary public school rich millenials..surely as actors they could have at least managed a Welsh accent? Simple details even a low budget movie should at least get right get completely lost in this live action roleplay put on film. Worth a watch for laughs though at all the innacuracies and bizzare dialogue and plot. Oh..and the music!! It's so out of place in nearly every scene that it just left me bemused, and amused. From minimalist piano to 80's synth the soundtrack is bloody hilarious too.

This is that filler episode you see where the four leads go off and try to survive on their own for a weekend, and so you get a lot of talking about life and other stuff, but no real action. Throw in that there's no sex, the drug scene is tame, and the four have no idea what they're doing in the woods despite living on the edge of them their entire lives, and it's just boring.

There's a decent battle scene at the end, but there's just too much happening off-screen that should be on-screen.

Decent idea, poorly acted, terribly scripted and diabolical direction, what a shame

While you can see the effort in production values despite the budget it still has a real CBBC afternoon children's drama feel about it. I'll give it a pass on historical accuracy, the story itself is the real let down.

One for showing primary school kids on the last day before summer holidays and that's about it. A for effort D for execution.