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As pure check-your-head-at-the-door popcorn entertainment, the apocalyptic action-horror hybrid Legion delivers in nearly every frame--its story of a band of strangers fighting an army of angels and demons for the fate of mankind is proudly loud, bullet riddled, and knee-deep in gore and CGI. That doesn't mean it's particularly good or even coherent--the story has renegade angel Michael (a glum Paul Bettany) come to the aid of diner owner Dennis Quaid (equally glum) and his patrons (a cross-section of stereotypes embodied by a capable cast, which includes Lucas Black, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, and Jon Tenney) as a host of heavenly and diabolical beings, dispatched by an angry God, descend on the diner with the intent of killing waitress Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights), whose unborn child may be the salvation of humanity. The orgy of special effects--endless hails of bullets and a menagerie of unpleasant demonic creatures, the most unsettling of which is the ice cream man (Doug Jones, Hellboy)--is eye popping but ultimately repetitive, and since no character rises above a cipher in director Scott Stewart's script (cowritten with Peter Schink), the whole affair feels unwieldy and eventually tiresome under a barrage of hackneyed dialogue. Naturally, Legion ends with the possibility of a sequel, though one wonders where the story can go after Armageddon. --Paul Gaita
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At a remote desert truck stop, the fate of the world will be decided. Evil's armies are amassing. Armed and united by the Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany), a group of strangers become unwitting soldiers on the frontlines of the Apocalypse. Their mission: protect a waitress and her sacred unborn child from the relentless, bloody siege of the demonic legion. Also starring Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, Vantage Point), Tyrese Gibson (Transformers) and Lucas Black (Jarhead).
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At a remote desert truck stop, the fate of the world will be decided. Evil's armies are amassing. Armed and united by the Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany), a group of strangers become unwitting soldiers on the frontlines of the Apocalypse. Their mission: protect a waitress and her sacred unborn child from the relentless, bloody siege of the demonic legion. Also starring Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, Vantage Point), Tyrese Gibson (Transformers) and Lucas Black (Jarhead).
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Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. DuttonDirector:: Scott Stewart
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By meebee3
Format:DVD
I read all the negative reviews about this film then went and got it anyway.
The main plot is really about how the fate of humanity rests on one unborn baby belonging to a truckstop cafe waitress. One angel defies god to rescue the woman / baby and so well all "heaven" breaks loose.
Not much of a substantial plot but really thats not why we got the film. The action is straight in there, no messing about with plotlines about someones granny passing philosphy down or daddys dying that kind of thing. Its an action packed shoot em up a bit like old fashioned westerns where the good guys never run out of bullets. Paul is great as a p***d off angel. I found that fact it was all filmed in one cafe with just a few characters pretty good too.
A good couple of hours light entertainment where you dont have to think too hard
The main plot is really about how the fate of humanity rests on one unborn baby belonging to a truckstop cafe waitress. One angel defies god to rescue the woman / baby and so well all "heaven" breaks loose.
Not much of a substantial plot but really thats not why we got the film. The action is straight in there, no messing about with plotlines about someones granny passing philosphy down or daddys dying that kind of thing. Its an action packed shoot em up a bit like old fashioned westerns where the good guys never run out of bullets. Paul is great as a p***d off angel. I found that fact it was all filmed in one cafe with just a few characters pretty good too.
A good couple of hours light entertainment where you dont have to think too hard
49 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
To enjoy this film you need to switch off your brain and ignore the storyline because that it where it falls down. No one gives a poor performance, Paul Bettany is good and has just the right amount of pathos to play a fallen angel and Dennis Quaid is his usual tortured self. The action scenes are good, the special effects stand up and its quite enjoyable overall, but the story? The tagline for this movie is 'When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins', okay, so Michael has fallen but who's the big guy called Gabriel who gives him a kicking at the end and all the winged creatures filling the sky, pigeons? The problem is that the scope of the story is just too big to be plausible. So God is ticked off with humanities failings and decides to take us all out but a baby is due to be born that will provide another chance. He sends the Archangel Michael to kill the baby but he rebels and is cast out so God assigns the task to Gabriel who instead of just winging in and taking out said baby gets tied up sending in hordes of possessed humans to do the job. Rumour has it that he fathered the last messiah so you would thing that he would get it right this time. There are clues in the plot that the rest of mankind are taking a beating but that isn't made prominent enough, cough and you'll miss it. And whilst we're at it what about the other fallen angel; Lucifer, wouldn't he have an interest. The story was done so well in 'The Prophecy' that adding an action movie to it just doesn't work that well. So to sum up, ignore the story, enjoy the action.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Christopher Burns
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As others have said, this has a good cast and decent performances, but it has virtually next to no plot, and doesn't go anywhere by the end of it. You can switch your brain off for some of it, but there are moments of introspection etc. which really do nothing to advance what little plot there is, and consequently, they're more boring than interesting. The disk does have a nice picture-in-picture storyboard / making of / commentary feature, but sadly, that's more interesting than the film itself is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Sc Allen
Format:DVD
Legion wasn't well received on its release, maybe because its ambitious themes outweighed its mid-west action movie trappings: Essentially a fallen angel comes to Earth to protect The Second Coming. This manifests itself, with Michael the angel's help, as a small mixed bag of punters holding off legions of possessed humans in a ramshackle diner somewhere in New Mexico. However, If Legion was a Grindhouse release, this would be a classic. Yes - the dialogue in the quieter moments is excrutiating ("When I was a little girl, my mommy used to say to me... e.t.c.)and the plot stupid (If you're God and you want to kill a single child - surely he can think of a more efficient way than sending in random minions - He even has the full on apocalypse going on up the highway). Yet, I found it absurdly entertaining. Paul Bettany makes a great action hero - tons of charisma - supported by some fine acting from all the cast, despite the hokey script. Think Zulu in Hell and that's sort of it. It ends without any real space for a sequel. That's refreshing in this age of over-franchise.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
By all accounts, this is a pretty mediocre film. The dialogue is pretty poor and the story pretty weak. However, it manages to remain fairly watchable throughout.
The best thing about this film are the special effects, with evil grannies and demon kids managing to add moments of interest in an otherwise fairly flat flick. There's really nothing more to add.
The best thing about this film are the special effects, with evil grannies and demon kids managing to add moments of interest in an otherwise fairly flat flick. There's really nothing more to add.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the sort of plot that makes you wonder if the writers did it for a bet. God has decided to wipe out humankind and sent an army of angels to do it. But instead of just zapping folk or sending a flood the angels appear as foul mouthed demons of the more classic horror type (which demons give the film its title, for their name is Legion). But unwisely God reckoned without the Arch-angel Michael and also neglected to possess all humans leaving a small band to protect the new saviour. Not very omniscient you might think.
As action horror it is not bad, but as a plot it is very strange indeed. I can only admire the cast who carry it off with great aplomb.
As action horror it is not bad, but as a plot it is very strange indeed. I can only admire the cast who carry it off with great aplomb.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mark Johnson
Format:DVD
I avoided this film for a long time, as it seemed to come at the tail end of a number of films dealing with angels being sent to Earth with some sort of hidden agenda (Gabriel, Constantine etc). In the end, I found the DVD at a knock down price and thought I'd give it a go, and I'm really glad I did.
The other films failed because they set themselves up as masterpieces which could provide some great insight into the human condition, and then failed on every count. Instead, Legion never promises to be anything more than a guns and CGI blast-fest, in the tradition of other great locked-in-the-diner movies (Tremors, the Mist, or even From Dusk Till Dawn).
And who stops at diners in the desert anymore? They're always being invaded. Probably the same born victims who think it's a good idea to split up and investigate the basement I guess.
The acting is respectable, but nothing to write home about. The plot is ludicrous, and nobody ever explains why God decided to go about things the hard way instead of just turning off the lights, and what is so special about this kid anyway. The script is cringeworthy "you gave him what he asked for, but I gave him what he needed"? Oh please.
But all that aside, crack open a bottle of wine, get the popcorn out, take the phone off the hook, and prepare to suspend disbelief. Expect to be entertained, not educated, and you might just have a really fun evening.
The other films failed because they set themselves up as masterpieces which could provide some great insight into the human condition, and then failed on every count. Instead, Legion never promises to be anything more than a guns and CGI blast-fest, in the tradition of other great locked-in-the-diner movies (Tremors, the Mist, or even From Dusk Till Dawn).
And who stops at diners in the desert anymore? They're always being invaded. Probably the same born victims who think it's a good idea to split up and investigate the basement I guess.
The acting is respectable, but nothing to write home about. The plot is ludicrous, and nobody ever explains why God decided to go about things the hard way instead of just turning off the lights, and what is so special about this kid anyway. The script is cringeworthy "you gave him what he asked for, but I gave him what he needed"? Oh please.
But all that aside, crack open a bottle of wine, get the popcorn out, take the phone off the hook, and prepare to suspend disbelief. Expect to be entertained, not educated, and you might just have a really fun evening.
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Dennis quaid steals the show ,Diner owner come loser fighting gods wrath all over lunch cult classic already .Happy bunny with Doritos and salsa this time not popcorn.
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