Légionnaire

Mickey Rourke routinely mispronounces name after name. Caligula becomes Caliglia. Parthians becomes Parthinians. And he mispronounces Paetus as Paiteus throughout THE ENTIRE FILM. Nobody took the time to correct him? Or is he just an unreachable knucklehead?

The special effects are cartoonish. The music is out of place. I don't think there are ever more than 4 people in a single scene at the same time in the entire film! The budget for this must have been less than the price of a fully loaded Hyundai Elantra. Some decent drone shots of cliff climbing. The main character obviously worked hard throughout the production. But...I cannot believe I spent $7.99 renting this. I should flagellate myself for this unforgivable mistake.

Well, I literally set up an IMDB account to review this one movie. I hope it's the last time I feel compelled to do so. Here goes.

I'm genuinely shocked how bad it is. I kinda feel for some of the up and coming talent who will have this on their filmography.

I recommend just trying to watch 30mins but if you manage the whole thing without turning inside out in a succession of "This is Soooo Baaad!" Cringe Spasms then you're not paying much attention or you're dead..

The Climbing scene is a continuity nightmare I still can't figure out which mountain he's climbing..

The fight scenes are ridiculous

Mucky Rourke embarrasses himself with mispronunciations of Roman names..

I kept looking across the sofa at my girlfriend we both couldn't believe what was actually happening, she wanted to turn it off but I held her hand firmly in mine and look her in the eye and said "We can do this if we stick together we can make it through" ;)

This movie may get cult status as with all the lockdown going on people will be more inclined to take a dive into the unknown. Beware tho if you do, it will take you deep, deeper than you ever knew you could go..

I feel bad for hating on this as some people will actually have put some genuine effort into it, but it's just poorly directed.. Sorry José Stick to being a producer..

I still don't know what on Earth was going on maybe I should watch it again..

If you're with someone and you want them to dump you I'd whack this on and tell them it's you're favourite film of all time, whilst watching it keep reaffirming how great it is. It won be long before they leave you...

Anyways as they old saying goes "Can't knock a trier" or maybe you can in this case.

Enjoy:)

This movie is a subject matter I like so I gave it a shot but wow.

My biggest issue is Mickey Rourke. He fumbles through his lines while reading them off a teleprompter. He's wearing fake eye lashes on one eye and has manicured nails. He looks ridiculous.

The filmmakers must have really struggled with him. They had an idea in mind and they went for it. In many scenes the other actors give it their all which is why I gave this a 4.

The effects aren't great. I can forgive that. The action is okay. I can forgive that.

Mickey Rourke ruins the whole thing. He obviously can't even memorize a few lines now. I hope they didn't pay him too much. He clearly didn't prepare and was probably a nightmare to work with.

It's not often that I really criticise a movie, but this movie is utter dross.

From first minute to last, dross. Who thought it was a good idea to cast Mickey Rourke as a Roman general? He sounds like a punch-drunk Rocky doing an impersonation of Rod Steiger. Terrible casting.

The acting was as wooden as the trees in the Armenian forests. The editing and continuity were beyond bad. I mean, really, terrible. When the lead was scaling the cliffs, the continuity was all over the place. He was all over the rock face every 30 seconds, with the same sequence being reused several times, even though he'd moved on to a different section of the cliff just moments earlier.

The fight scenes were pathetic. The Asian woman cast as Rourke's mistress could hardly speak a word of English and mangled the lines badly.

The only one to come out of it with any credit was the actress playing Doria, the Armenian girl who helped the lead when he was lost in the mountains.

Seriously, don't waste your time.

Painful to watch, terrible camera work, terrible Special effects. They can't even get the names/pronunciation right. I'm pretty sure my nephew could create something better on minecraft.