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.

From the opening scene when Rourke mispronounced Caligula "Caliglia " I knew this wasn't for me. I abandoned it after 15 minutes. Sad to see Micky Rourke slide further down the Hollywood alphabetical listings.

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.

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.