The Eagle

Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell star in a Roman adventure that is neither entirely sword-and-sandals nor contemporary.

It's jarring, at first, to hear Romans speak with American accents in The Eagle. But that sly twist on sword-and-sandals convention makes perfect sense, lending a 21st century perspective on empire to this 2nd century drama. If only more of the film felt as fresh.
Director Kevin Macdonald, who has explored extreme personalities in such memorable work as One Day in September, Touching the Void and The Last King of Scotland, hews so faithfully to genre storytelling in his new feature that it often feels like a missed opportunity. [...]

di Sheri Linden, articolo completo (2957 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 11 febbraio 2011