Legion (2010)

Director: Scott Charles Stewart
Starring: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton

SYNOPSIS

The archangel Michael returns to Earth in order to help defend a group of people trapped in a remote diner. Angels are possessing the living and killing in order to get at the as-yet unborn baby being carried by one of the waitresses.

REVIEW

I've heard a lot of bad things about this movie, but I actually enjoyed it as a throwaway piece of entertainment. To be honest, it really depends on what you want from the movie. If you're religious and you don't want to be offended, stay away, as all we really get here at the end of the day is a Night Of The Living Dead scenario in a diner being attacked by angels that don't bear much direct resemblance to the biblical stories.

Same goes to anybody who's expecting anything deep, meaningful or particularly scary. There's not a lot here that we haven't all seen before, and even the pseudo religious elements were done better in The Prophecy, 15 years ago.

That said, former special effect man Scott Stewart does show some style behind the camera. He's made a fairly entertaining ride that doesn't really hold up all that well on a scripting level but does the job. A great cast, including the underused Dennis Quaid and Dutton do help quite a lot as well.

So, not the atrocious work I'd been lead to believe but an entertaining timewaster with some unusual action setpieces. Apparently, Stewart likes this subject matter as his next film (entitled Priest) is also a religious-tinged action fantasy starring Paul Bettany...

6 / 10