Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
From Amazon.co.uk
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
Stills from Legion (Click for larger image)
Stills from Legion (Click for larger image)
 |  |  |
Product Description
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).
Special Features:
Special Features:
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 21 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
48 of 55 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
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 251 reviews
3.1 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
So the story - one of gods angles decides he wont do what god asks (wipe out mankind) and comes to earth to save a girl who is due to give birth so god can see the error of his... Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. Doolan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Zulu in Hell
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... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Sc Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blu ray review
The delivery of the item was excellent and the cover was in perfect condition still shrink wrapped. This is a low budget movie but certainly one of the best I've ever seen, and i'm... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Reece Cassar
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real different !!
Its all about to kick off at the diner in the dessert ,Another sweaty day inthe middle of nowhere,but for the group of people droping by this is to be a day like no other. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. A. T. Clarke
3.0 out of 5 stars
Predictably but fast paced predictable.
Totally predictable after ten minutes its simply another Zombie film but the hero has wings occasionally. Thats it Still its got lots of action and violence so not that boring. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
would recommend this to any film fan, its a good action / drama with some quality action sequences. buy it now
Published 5 months ago by Darren
3.0 out of 5 stars
watchable but that's about it.
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. Read more
Published 8 months ago by The Truth
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent price and excellent service
Had quite a few dvd's from Zoverstocks now and it's an excellent way to purchase some of the older dvd's and its also recycling as they are ex rental. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andrewlds
5.0 out of 5 stars
"..AWESOME MOVIE.."
This film is probably one of the most original in ages, dont listen to the negativity, its a stunning and visually great film to watch! Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Drury
4.0 out of 5 stars
Legion
Well it isn't exactly a masterpiece but it's not bad. Bought it for a fiver which for a blu-ray is cheap, picture is good as it should be for this format, and the soundtrack is... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Licensed Taximan
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
