Legionnaire's Trail

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.

I lost an hour and a half of my life watching this drivel. From poor directing, acting, confusing plot, lines that are beyond bad... I need to find a way to remove this "movie" from my memories. Two stars because I am in a generous mood.

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:)

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.

This is quite simply unwatchable. The state of decline of Mickey Rourke, whose opening line is a pathetic mispronunciation of "Caligula" - "Caliglia," slurs Rourke - seems somehow to mirror the decline of the entire industry, perhaps of the country as a whole. What little of this I was able to sit through is bad in that grotesque way only a culture in the throes of total disintegration can produce.