Movie Review: Legion

I gotta say, I was disappointed in this movie. "Legion" had so much such promise. But the trailer not only shows most of the good parts but almost everything worth seeing. The scene with the ice cream man stretching out into a grotesque demon possessed creature was actually longer in the trailer than in the movie. Most of the stretching happened off screen. You heard cracking and notice he moved a bit awkwardly. Then he opened his mouth about a foot and screams.

This movie would have been more interesting had I not known what the movie was about. You remember how "The Matrix" and "District 9" got you to want to see the movie without telling you what the movie was about? They needed to do that here. The first 30 minutes or so, in particular, would have been absolutely mad if you didn't already know that was an angel coming to save a woman and her baby from being killed by a legion of angels. Instead, you know exactly what's going on and the people in the diner come off as dimwits.

I'll tell you what you want to do. You want to watch this movie like it's a dark remake of "Gilligan's Island". You know, that episode where an angel shows up and tells them to defend themselves from the apocalypse. There's an isolated community of people who are cut off from society in almost every way that counts. There's a millionaire and his wife, two cute women (one redhead, one brunette), and a trio of guys. The guys are a bit harder to discern who is who. Partially because there's 4 of them. But you can sort out who is Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor, and the guest star of the week for yourself.

You could also look at it as a Terminator remake without the time travel paradox storyline to keep it interesting. It's replaced with a bit about giving God what he needs instead of what he asks for.

I won't be getting this on DVD. But I'm not saying you should skip this movie either. Just try to see it at a dollar theater or through NetFlix or something. Don't spend a lot.