Toss a little Arthurian legend, some J.R.R. Tolkien, a few stalks of “I, Claudius” and some sliced “Star Wars” in a vegetable spinner and you get the Caesar salad of “The Last Legion ...

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All the vintage weapons in the world can’t save “The Last Legion,” a strange and slow-moving concoction of swordfights and snooze-inducing drama. A kind of “Ancient Rome for Dummies ...