The Eagle

Rating: 8/10

Aside from the fact that there was a lot of explaining going on in this movie, I really did enjoy The Eagle. The Eagle, a movie staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong, is a movie set in Britain, and focuses on the adventures, to put it so, of a man named Marcus (can't be bothered with the rest of his Roman sentence for a name), who sets out on a quest with the help of his slave to find the lost Roman Eagle Standard lost during his father's time. 

Marcus is played by one of my dearest actors, Channing Tatum, and his slave, Esca, is played by another of my dear actors, Jamie Bell. The movie starts off with Marcus as a centurion, and after a fight with the 'barbarians' that left him wounded in the left leg, he is given an honorable discharge from the army. However, since this did not let him fulfill the true reason he joined the army, he was not happy with his situation. Then between a stroke of luck and fate I guess, Marcus meets Esca, hears about the location of the Eagle, and sets out on a quest to restore his father's honor. 

I think that is enough spoilers for one movie. 

I absolutely loved this movie. It was fun, calm, easy to understand for the most part, and had enough action to keep my attention going. At some point in the movie, I imagined this was something similar to what the writer of 'In the name of the King' had in mind, except he missed a few key points the writer of The Eagle did not, such as actors with expression and life, scenes that were believable and more than three members of each clan represented.

One thing I noticed as well was the fact that there was no romance in the movie, which was new to me, but beautifully, not missed. Usually, most action movies in this genre, involve some woman in the story, who is either killed, kidnapped, or something of the sort, and must be avenged, rescued or something else. It was refreshing to not have that cliché played over in this show. Though I would say with all the symbolism placed in 'the Eagle', it was as close to a woman as it could get.

I would recommend this movie for the fun loving, calm action loving people. Or just anyone looking for a good watch.