God, it would seem, is a moody git. Having once cleansed the earth (well, nearly) of humanity in a great flood, many moons ago, He loses faith in humanity once again, this time sending a flood of angels to wipe mankind out of existence. Fortunately, The Big Man doesn't count on renegade angel, Michael, to make a stand against Him. Since a fallen, wingless angel doesn't stand much of a chance against a bazillion, mace wielding adversaries (and a wrathful deity) it's bloody lucky that there's a soon-to-be-born saviour of mankind baby on it's way for Michael to protect (although how this savior child came to be conceived if the all knowing Lord was that pissed off with humankind, is a tad illogical). Being an angel, Michael is jolly good at blowing shit up with rocket launchers, automatic weapons and his kung-fu flailing puddies (it seems the dearly departed Bruce Lee has passed on his knowledge to his eager, angelic pals).
But I jest. Legion is a freaky, action-packed biblical horror film. It's a siege movie with a sprinkling of The Terminator, as Michael protects the pregnant mum-to-be from the unstoppable arc-angel Gabriel and his holy minions (so disturbing that if this is the kind of heat God is packing, hell knows what monstrosities Satan would unleash on the people of the Earth). It's not big and it's certainly not clever, but it's delivered with an assured hand and a glossy-but-gritty style.
Besides when you've got an all-star, b-movie cast including Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson and Charles S Dutton facing off against a swearing, ceiling crawling, undead Grannie, you've got to give the movie a break.
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It was ok with a few flashes of coolness and a good cast (Bettany is surprisingly good as an ass kicker) and a glossy look. But that's mostly wasted on it being so utterly un-original and empty headed. I know the baby is basically just the MacGuffin of the film but we need a bit more background on who, why and what it is and how an allegedly all powerful and omnipotent God can be thwarted by a bunch of rednecks in a crappy desert diner. I was also annoyed that the great Doug Jones was so criminally wasted. His uber-creepy and potentially awesome ice cream dude gets offed in about five seconds flat. Bollocks! So, for me, Legion is nice looking, reasonably entertaining but quickly forgettable tosh. For far superior angelic shenanigans The Prophecy is still the kiddie.
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