Légió

This could have been an amazing cult movie and the beginning of a great post-apocalyptic science fiction franchise that viewers would love to go back to, like today we do with Terminator. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Scott Stewart is not a particularly incompetent director, but he should refrain from writing. The biggest conflict of the entire film is how silly it is in many scenes versus its efforts to look relatively serious. It’s not that bad as an action B-movie with monsters, but when the information you got a year before made you look forward to the ultimate angelic apocalypse, it’s impossible to not to be disappointed. 5/10 (2010.02.18)

Black-winged angels, a smoking savior of mankind, two black men with no catchphrases, and a lot of guns to top it all off. According to the first rumors (and trailers), everything was heading toward a proper B-movie. The result amounts to bullshit with a lot of chatter with no direction, no logic, no proper plot, no action (!!!), and not even the slightest bit of entertainment. It’s ninety-five minutes of undiluted boredom that I refuse to pigeonhole as "guilty pleasure," even though the ice cream man is on a par with Schumacher's recent flaming zombie horse. It is funny, but more than that it makes you want to cry. The director should throw away the Bible and the special effects software because he’s not very good with either. (2010.02.25)

I saw Legion at a Czech festival. In a peculiar way, it combines a relatively decent cast (Paul Bettany and others have more to offer than just participation in a trashy spectacle) and a certain craftsmanship of the crew with a terribly idiotic script that resigns from elementary logic and consistency. Add to that a B-movie budget and the fact that instead of turning the weaknesses of the film into an ironic exaggeration, the creators take themselves deadly seriously. There's no accounting for taste, but even B-movie commercial production should have some level of quality. Overall impression: 10%. (2019.12.02)

I'm rounding down two and a half stars. You have to agree with a lot of opinions about this film - the dialogue is terrible and the plot is a bit of a mess, lacking logic (what the hell have we done to anger this god so much?). Those are the two main downsides. Otherwise, you could say that Legion looks like a cross between Dogma, The Terminator and Constantine, while it would like to be funny like the first, action-apocalyptic like the second and entertaining like the third. But it's not good at any of it. And that is too bad. I liked the scenes like "clouds rolling into the gas station", "the old lady" and "the ice cream man" and then the almost final angel fight. Much of the atmosphere was created by the music of John Frizzell (I'll have to find out who that is right away). If you're going to watch Legion, expect only a relaxing film. Then you probably won't give it a Boo! and the hour and a half will probably pass quickly. (2010.08.14)

An absolutely pureblood 80's B-movie containing two major flaws: lack of perspective and way too much chatter. (2010.04.12)