THE EAGLE

Movie Title: The Eagle Genre: Drama/Adventure/Action Directed by: Kevin Macdonald Written by: Jeremy Brock, Rosemary Sutcliff (Novel) Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong Release date: Fri 11, Feb 2011

Plot: “In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father (Donald Sutherland), the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell), 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.