It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s . . . It’s . . . The archangel Michael? Come to save humanity from God’s wrath?
The 2010 fantasy/thriller Legion promised heart-pounding action, frightening ideas and a semi-all-star cast.
After seeing the film, I think a valiant effort was made to achieve all three, but in some form or another the film just couldn’t quite obtain its goal.
Nine souls hanging in the balance is enough to make anybody just a little nervous.
Add an army of the condemned and the Almighty ’s judgment, and one would think the excitement and fear would be too much to contain.
Somehow though, it is all lost in translation.
The archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) defies God’s wishes to lead the charge to eradicate mankind and execute a child.
It is never made clear what exactly makes this child “humanity’s last hope,” which turns out to be the first of many holes in the plot.
Even worse still, I couldn’t make a connection to any of the characters despite their seemingly endless dialogue.
Dennis Quaid comes off as quaint at best, which may have been intended but takes away from every scene he is in.
The final straw is the film’s inability to end. Michael’s nemesis, Gabriel (Kevin Durand), simply cannot be defeated by the now-mortal archangel.
The futile attempts start out captivating and vivid but by the second faked death scene, redundancy has totally taken hold.
As for the bits that didn’t leave me suicidal, there are but two.
First and foremost, the mighty battle waged before our eyes between archangel and angel.
Bullets ricocheting off metallic wings can get any guy’s combat juices flowing.
Second would have to be the evil grandma.
Unnerving and filthy slurs drip from her mouth like venom before she strikes, removing a large chunk of a gentleman requesting that she watch her language. Powerful stuff in here, guys.
If you must, see it for yourself. But, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s . . . It’s . . . The archangel Michael? Come to save humanity from God’s wrath?
The 2010 fantasy/thriller Legion promised heart-pounding action, frightening ideas and a semi-all-star cast.
After seeing the film, I think a valiant effort was made to achieve all three, but in some form or another the film just couldn’t quite obtain its goal.
Nine souls hanging in the balance is enough to make anybody just a little nervous.
Add an army of the condemned and the Almighty ’s judgment, and one would think the excitement and fear would be too much to contain. Somehow though, it is all lost in translation.
The archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) defies God’s wishes to lead the charge to eradicate mankind and execute a child.
It is never made clear what exactly makes this child “humanity’s last hope,” which turns out to be the first of many holes in the plot.
Even worse still, I couldn’t make a connection to any of the characters despite their seemingly endless dialogue.
Dennis Quaid comes off as quaint at best, which may have been intended but takes away from every scene he is in.
The final straw is the film’s inability to end. Michael’s nemesis, Gabriel (Kevin Durand), simply cannot be defeated by the now-mortal archangel...
Crock of Legion: Flick fails to deliver
Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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