Legion (2010)

Guess what? This movie is similar to a few dreams I had. That is what makes it so scary. Anyway, I am tripping out as to how cool they make these angels out to be. Gabriel and Michael fight like they are cool to the floor, but like they are stone cold killers. What excitement. What delight.

Come on, folks!! All these reviews trashing this movie - as if one was expecting Oscar-quality acting and Hemmingway-quality writing!!! It's a fun flick!! Enjoyable throughout. Believable??? If one is a bit stropped by misinterpreted religious dogma, perhaps. But hell, is Star Wars realistic??? And that movie had Mark Hamill to endure!!! HE couldn't act his way out of a paper script!! Legion is a fine flick. Escapism with a few fun twists..... Archangels in conflict, spoiled brat and loveless parents bitching in an isolated diner, a has-been diner owner and his outstanding character as the cook, and a troubled son who is a hero without even knowing it. It's an entertaining movie. Loosen up and watch it again...

(45%) A dissatisfying miss-mash of different, better films manhandled together to make a watchable, yet totally forgettable experience. Talented, and very wasted Paul Bettany sort of stars in this, though after his brief appearance early on he soon has to make up lost ground which is a feat his character, despite his big wings and equally big guns, has no ability to do. This has a nasty habit of heating up quite nicely only be let down by sluggish pacing and an overly long run time. There's a scene that by the end amounts to the best part of the film which features a freaky old woman that as it happens is more funny than scary, and if the film had carried on at that pace then this could have been a halfway good watch, but sadly no, as the rest of the film is hardly worth watching. If you can see this for nothing then maybe give it a go, otherwise don't bother.

I cannot understand why this film is dismissed by both the critics and the public. I have watched it several times and think it is one of the best films of 2010. The cast is excellent and there is real chemistry among the characters. The location is in the beautiful New Mexican desert. And the plot has just the right amount of action and character development. It is the rare type of film that as I watch it again I see new things in it each time. However I suppose you have to like Zombie films. But as for the hate this film gets. It is totally irrational. I can only guess that people who don't like this film are either put off by the religious themes or just hate zombie films. Perhaps there has been an organized effort from Christian groups to down-vote this great film. Anyway I give it an easy 8/10. I hope they make a sequel.