Legion (2010)
2010
R
100 Minutes
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert dine...
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Legion has all the depth of a Bible that has been ripped apart by a paper shredder. I simply just don't get it. I don't. Why does this film even exist? What's its purpose? What's its message? Where is its audience!? Regardless of my religious beliefs or any pretext surrounding Christianity, there's more reason to believe in God then there is to "have faith" in this atrocity. An angel has been sent to down to protect a diner full of people, including a pregnant woman, as he disagrees with God's plan to wipe out humanity. So he/she/it chooses to send angels to destroy humanity instead of flooding, nuking or imploding the world. He has lost faith that much, that he/she/it couldn't be bothered to do it themselves? Surely, suuuurely there are more methodical ways to kill us. Why has he/she/it lost faith in us anyway? Rise in terrorism? Overpopulation? Global warming? There was no reasoning for this catastrophic decision. And so, ultimately, the film makes no sense and holds no purpose. There are only three good scenes: crazy old woman climbing the ceiling and stating "your baby will burn", an elongated ice cream van driver and the fight between Michael and Gabriel. That's it. Nothing else is redeemable and worth your time. The acting, ohhhh the acting. Bettany must've had some religious epiphany or some weird experience, for he also starred in 'Priest' a year later, so I can only assume it was his mid-life crisis. He was fine. Everyone else? No. Black should be drifting in Tokyo. Gibson shouldn't be in films. Quaid doesn't even care. The rest of the cast were just B-list stars trying to give their all to a lacklustre screenplay which contains no character development whatsoever. These characters are lifeless. You don't care about their outcome, heck I wanted the angels to decimate the entire diner so the film could end. The fact it was all set in one location may seem inspired, but the horrific use of CGI (I mean seriously...) negated any "genius" environmental set pieces. Urgh, I'm done. So pick up your Bible, and throw it at the TV if this film is on. Amen.0 member like this review.
