Legion
 

I finally got around to watching Legion last night. While watching, I thought it was a pretty fun base under seige movie with some good action in it. I did keep expecting that they would actually explain some of what was going on. They tried to explain some of the story line, but none of the explanations were very good, and left a lot out. It almost feels like you missed the first half hour of the movie that sets the story up, and they just throw you in the middle of it.

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After the movie was over and I had a little time to think about it, I realized why it had apealed to me. I had seen it before, in two separate movies, and done better in both.

The first two thirds of the movie was basically a base under seige movie, and was essentially Dawn of the Dead, or any number of Zombie movies.

The last Third of the movie, once the Angel Gabriel shows up, is basically Terminator.

If you just want a fun action packed base under siege movie to watch, and don't care about the plot or story making any sense, then Legion is for you.

That being said I do like they way that the Angels were portrayed, as brutal unstopable warriors, that would do anything to complete their orders. They even had a kind of martial art that the Angels used when fighting that incoporated their wings. The Angel's wings were bullet proof and razor sharp. For me the only real reason to watch Legion is to see the battle between Michael and Gabriel.

Sounds like movies of this type are getting better graphically, but the storytelling still just isn't there. Every so often you get a gem like The Prophecy or Supernatural, but usually these kinds of productions suffer from being pompous and superficial in their attempt to be "deep." But nothing ventured, nothing gained.