Having watched Legion (2010), an apocalyptic supernatural thriller film, I am reminded of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). Yes. I know that is bizarre. Hear me out.
In that flick, there is a memorable scene where John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell engage in their now famous "Baby Jesus" argument. John C. Reilly (can't remember his character's name), said something like, "I like my Jesus to be in a rock band, with a band of angels behind him, and I am in the front row drunk off my ass..." Okay, I may have botched that quote (feel free to add the correct quote in our forums).
Legion is in some ways just like John C. Reilly's rock band vision of heaven in Talledega Nights. Only, in Legion the angels kick ass, shoot machine guns, fight hordes of zombie-like humans--they are assassins with wings!
Directed by Scott Stewart, written by Peter Schink and re-done by Stewart Legion is a competently made flick. Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh and Dennis Quaid round out the cast. Yeah, that is right: Dennis Quaid. He plays a fry cook. I got no problem with the cast.
To be fair, there are some campy gems. Probably my favorite scene was at the clichéd roadside diner, where a clichéd nice old lady told a clichéd pregnant waitress that because she is not married, "...her fucking baby was going to burn in hell." They quickly find out she is a zombie-like creature and have to mangle her in the diner. Thus, begins a fucked-up end-of-days scenario, where angels come to wipe out humanity, becuase God fell asleep at the wheel of fate or something.
Exactly why we are all turned to zobmie-like creatures was not clear, but I could give two flying angel-winged shits about that. Legion is more or less masturbatory fantasy with no real cohesivness. It's aim is to simply paint a two hour movie picture of somethign you would likely find in a comic book nerd's notebook; you know, the spaz who could draw well, and always sat in the back of the room in school - this is that type of dude's movie. Not that I am complaining. After all, there aer dorky nerds and cool nerds. In fact, I might just be one of the later.
But, if we are going to talk about a damn plot, well, I'll have you know that the last bastion of defense is the diner. Luckily, they are aided by Michael, God's second in commmand, who feels that the Big Cheese really doesn't want to wipe out humanity. He then decides to fight for them.
So is it a good film? Well, if you like your jesus to be in a rock band and you are in the front row drunk off your ass, then yes, you will enjoy Legion.
So is it good? I guess it is entertaining. I wouldn't say it is good.
Having watched Legion (2010), an apocalyptic supernatural thriller film, I am reminded of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). Yes. I know that is bizarre. Hear me out.