Delivering a biblical ass whooping to the non-believers of the horror genre, Legion capitalizes on intense action and seriously scary scenarios. Legion defies what you would think of a film based on biblical angels as it doesn’t really delve into the mythology at all. I don’t know much about the roles of the different angels and it honestly wasn’t important in this particular story. The whole story is focused on moving the action along. There is no unnecessary depth or pointless tangents. There is just enough character development to give you a sense that these characters could be anybody. The film pits a diverse cast of characters fatefully thrust into an impossible situation out in the middle of nowhere. Combining an interesting mix of religious mythos and Zombie horror Legion becomes unlike anything I’ve previously experience. It doesn’t re-invent the wheel, but is more or less a new tire on and old-timey wooden frame: interesting to say the least. Overall, Legion is an entertaining adventure and a good excuse to put angels to war and deliver awesome action from the heavens. For making the purity of the paradise here-after as demented as H-E-double-tooth-picks, I give this crusade 3.5 pitchforks.

Lo, as this prophet shall now tell you the truth! Ah, post-apocalyptic worlds and angelic/zombie-like possession, how you tragically have fallen from grace and feasted on my brain because of your lack of life. At first glance the plot seemed quite interesting. It seemed like a new take on the Zombie genre, but alas, its bosom bore no fruits.

The film has a few good actors that breathe some life into roles otherwise sculpted out of dirt. Leading the way is Paul Bettany as the angel Michael. Along with him, being the best thespians they can be were Dennis Quaid and Tyrese Gibson. Kevin Durand as the angel Gabriel was quite compelling and charismatic as was the chemistry between him and Michael. The few scenes with the two angels where truly electrifying, but that is as good as it gets. Lucas Black as “Jeep” was pretty hard to watch, especially because I’ve seen him do better.

After God has lost his nerve and stopped caring about mankind, He has given the order to get rid of the race sculpted in his image. Gabriel is the only one that goes against His order as he still believes in man. What ensues is somewhat of a zombie film, with some twists. The supporting cast provides some favorable performances from but there just isn’t much there to work with.

There are of course a bunch of things that are confusing about the film, as in Why do they need to possess humans? Why are all the possessed humans weaponless? Why didn’t they just blow up the diner? What happened to all the other people that weren’t possessed? Were there no other pregnant people in the world? Why is this child special? Needless to say, there were holes in the plot. Actually, more like there was some plot just loosely woven together, like a net. Also the ending was just sloppy with too much campiness and cliché for my tastes.

If these can be overlooked, the film is enjoyable. There are some decent action sequences and the acting isn’t anything that will make you really cringe. The special effects aren’t bad either, and the few scenes between Gabriel and Michael are just great. For the few things this film did well though, it wasn’t enough to keep me from asking “Why have you forsaken me?!” Next time He should just stick with floods. 2 pitchforks.