A reckless attempt at flipping apocalyptic holiness on its head with an
army of demonically possessed angel-zombies led by one evil Gabriel
(Kevin Durand), "Legion" is a disaster of a disaster movie. The
ever-committed Paul Bettany, like his co-actors Charles S. Dutton and
Dennis Quaid, does a lot with a little but inevitably surrenders all
integrity to an insultingly gratuitous body count movie. Archangel
Michael (Bettany) falls to earth, cuts off his wings, and gathers up an
arsenal of guns big enough to hold off the local SWAT for at least six
hours. At a desolate diner run by Quaid's everyman loser Bob Hanson, in
the middle of the Mojave desert, Charlie
eight-months pregnant waitress romantically attached to Bob's mechanic
son Jeep (Lucas Black). Charlie's unborn baby and soon-to-be-tattooed
boyfriend may just be humanity's last hope. A burly traveler (Tyrese
Gibson) and a dysfunctional couple with a misfit daughter are present
when Michael arrives to help them fight off an ongoing attack from
genocidal angels who must be fired upon like crop-dusting with bullets.
There's a fumbled thematic excuse that "God got tired of the bullshit"
and decided to wipe out humanity. Regard the B.S. in this movie, the
audience will likely be on God's side.
Rated R. 100 mins. (D) (One Star)
