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The film is narrated by Ambrosinus, native to Britain, who knows of a legend concerning the sword of Julius
Caesar, which was hidden away from evil men. It begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus Augustulus
as Emperor in AD 475. Having travelled through much of the known world in search of Caesar's sword, Ambrosinus
has then become the tutor to the young Romulus. A Druid and part of a secret brotherhood protecting the sword,
he at times gives the impression he is a magician, but his "magic" is usually revealed to be simple trickery.
One of the running concepts of the movie surrounds the question of whether or not Ambrosinus has any actual
magical abilities or simply an illusionist. Romulus's father Orestes rules Rome but is not Emperor himself.
On the day before the coronation, Odoacer, commander of the barbarian Goths allied with Rome, demands a third of Italy
from Orestes, but is rebuffed. The same day, Romulus meets the general of the Nova Invicta Legion, Aurelianus Caius
Antonius, called "Aurelius". The night after Romulus is crowned, Rome is attacked by the Goths. Most of Aurelius's men,
pledged to protect the emperor, are killed, though Aurelius is only stunned and left for dead. Orestes and his wife are
killed by Odoacer's lieutenant Wulfila, who captures Romulus. The next day, Odoacer, now ruler of the Western Empire,
plans to have Romulus killed. However, Ambrosinus convinces Odoacer to spare the boy. Instead, Romulus is exiled to Capri
along with Ambrosinus, guarded by Wulfila and his men. His prison is a villa constructed more than four centuries earlier
by the emperor Tiberius. With Ambrosinus's help, Romulus discovers a hidden chamber within the villa. He comes across a
statue of Caesar holding the fabled sword, forged by a Chalybian smith after his military campaigns in Britain. Writing
near the statue's feet proclaims the sword was made for "he who is destined to rule". This is interpreted as a prophecy
by various characters, and Romulus keeps the weapon.
The two are rescued from Capri by the loyal Aurelius and three surviving legionaries, Vatrenus, Batiatus, and Demetrius,
accompanied by a female agent of the Eastern Roman Empire – an Indian warrior named Mira. They take Romulus to a seaport
where the Eastern Roman Empire's emissary (whom Mira works for) and the senator Nestor have promised safe passage to
Constantinople. However, they barely escape after they learn the Senate and the Eastern Empire have betrayed them and
sided with Odoacer. Ambrosinus persuades Romulus to seek refuge in Britain, where the Ninth Legion may remain loyal,
being far from the events. They are followed by Wulfila and his men; the Goth covets Caesar's sword after learning the
prophecy. Crossing the Alps and the English Channel, the party travels to Hadrian's Wall and initially find no evidence
of the legion until a farmer approaches and reveals he was its commanding general. With the collapse of Roman support of
Britain, the legion had decided to disband and settle as farmers. Most of the men in the legion had married and had families.
They also did not want to antagonise the powerful warlord Vortgyn. During their stay in the small Celtic village, Romulus
meets and befriends a young girl named Igraine. Aurelius and Mira practice swordfighting and become close to each other.
Ambrosinus told Romulus of a scar on his chest, similar to the design on the sword hilt, which he received from Vortgyn
after he refused to tell him where the sword of Caesar was.
Vortgyn also desires the sword of Caesar as he aspires to rule the whole of Britain. It is revealed that Vortgyn and Ambrosinus
are old enemies. After meeting with the Goths, Vortgyn decides to either capture or kill Romulus as a gesture to Odoacer. After
confronting Igraine outside of the village, he convinces her to tell everyone in the village to surrender Romulus and has
several of his men kill the blacksmith's wife and sons. When a tearful Igraine tells the villagers of what has happened,
Aurelius confesses that Romulus is the emperor of Rome. The blacksmith then demands revenge on his wife's and sons' deaths,
and Aurelius and his men decide to lead an army to Hadrian's Wall to face Vortgyn's armies in one final battle.
Before leaving the village, Romulus receives from Igraine a suit of Roman armour which belonged to her brother, which he
has since outgrown. Aurelius, wielding Caesar's sword, leads his men and a small number of Celtic warriors against Vortgyn's
forces at Hadrian's Wall. Mira, Batiatus, Demetrius, Romulus, and the archers pelt the infantry with arrows, while Aurelius,
Vatrenus, and several Celtic soldiers struggled to hold the charging enemy at the open gate. Despite their casualties, Vortgyn's
soldiers began to slowly overwhelm the small force on the wall. The battle appears hopeless until the rest of the Ninth Legion,
having taken up their old Roman arms and uniforms, appear on the nearby ridgeline, and turn the tide of battle. The two warring
sides cease their hostilities upon sighting Ambrosinus holding aloft Vortgyn's golden mask, after confronting and burning him
alive at a tree-sanctuary of his secret brotherhood close to the battlefield.
After having fought and severely injured Aurelius, Wulfila is confronted by Romulus who is armed with Caesar's sword. Romulus
stabs Wulfila in the chest, saying "that's for my mother", pauses, and further impales him, saying "that's for my father". He
tells Aurelius that he fought like a dragon, whereupon Aurelius replies that Romulus fought like the son of a dragon.
Repulsed by the deaths in the battle, Romulus heaves away his sword which remarkably pierces a large rock and becomes lodged
there. Many years later, Ambrosinus, now known by his Druid name, Merlin, takes a young boy to the battlefield to describe the
now legendary events. Merlin, who has visibly aged little since the battle, says that Aurelius married Mira and the two raised
Romulus as their own son. He became a wise ruler, took the girl Igraine as his wife, and adopted the name "Pendragon". The boy,
Arthur, recognises Romulus as his father and Igraine as his mother. In a final scene, the sword of Julius Caesar is shown embedded
in the stone, with moss growing on the blade, covering the original inscription, leaving only the Latin letters which, when read
as a single word, read Excalibur.
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Colin Firth, Thomas Sangster, Ben Kingsley, Kevin McKidd, Aishwarya Rai
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Director: Doug Lefler
Producers: Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar,
Raffaella De Laurentiis,
Released - April 6, 2007
Length - 102 minutes
Music Composer: Patrick Doyle
Movie Distributed by The Weinstein Company
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