Legion (2010)
Directed by: Scott Stewart Starring: Paul Bettany, Lucas
Black, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin
Durand, and Dennis Quaid
When God loses faith in Mankind, Archangel Michael (Bettany) loses his
faith in God. An out- of-the-way diner becomes an unlikely battleground
for the survival of humankind as Michael and a group of strangers
defend themselves against God's legion of angels. Michael must protect
a mother (Palicki) and her baby, for it is the key to ending the
Apocalypse. Let me start off by saying that Legion is not a good movie,
however, it is not terrible by any means. Unlike recent biblical
horrors (The Unborn comes to mind), Legion tries very hard not to
follow the lame clichés of recent horrors; I always commend a film for
trying to be good. Unfortunately, it takes itself a little to seriously
with God's legion of zombies that are supposed to be possessed by
angels. The film also was terribly written, ("What's your beef?"
"Simmer down!" "Hold on white boy") with weird scenes that needed some
serious editing. Besides the bad script and erratic editing, the acting
was terrible. The only exceptions were Paul Bettany (who seemed to have
flown into the wrong movie) and Lucas Black (Sling Blade, Friday Night
Lights). Everyone else was uninspired and made the bad screenplay look
much more terrible than it was. The action scenes are where this film
soared. The fight between the two Archangels was incredible, and the
visual effects were on par. Overall, Legion is a biblical Assault on
Precinct 13. It lacks a good script, editing, cinematography, and
acting. I commend it for trying to be less like recent horror films
that really shouldn't even call themselves 'films". I think deep down,
on the cutting room floor, there was something there, but we don't see
it. Legion is by no means horrible, but I can't recommend it.
Rating: 5/10