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SINGAPORE : Uh oh. Apparently God isn't happy. You know that because Archangel Michael (a smokin' hot Paul Bettany, continuing his cinematic religious journey after "The Da Vinci Code") arrives at a roadside dinner and announces that "the last time God lost faith in Man, He sent the flood. This time, He sent angels".
That isn't all too scary right? Especially if you, like me, think of angels as pretty, glittery things with feathery white wings and sparkling halos, who sing and dance on fluffy clouds. Well, not the angels in "Legion". No sirree, Bob.
The angels in this film come in the form of a bug-eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth ice-cream man, a sharp-toothed grandma with a penchant for walking on the ceiling and biting chunks out of necks, and a cutesy blood-smeared little boy wielding a mean knife. Didn't I say God was angry?
Directed and co-written by Scott Stewart - who is responsible for the visual effects for "Iron Man" and "Night At The Museum" - this NC-16 fantasy-thriller sees fallen angels being given free range to possess human bodies and turn them into man-attacking zombies to rid the future of mankind.
As the brave but flawed folk (Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Charles S Dutton and Kate Walsh) fight the impending apocalypse alongside the Archangel with bazookas and guns, you realise the plot line never rises above the ridiculous. But then again, the film never promised to be anything else.
Non-stop action mixed with horror and garnished with a side of supernatural thriller, "Legion" is one thrill ride that delivers the obligatory jolts, gore and cheap scare tactics without ever really asking any important (or necessary) questions.
A religious movie, it most certainly isn't. And if you don't find buff archangels with machine guns, cool armour and weaponry blasphemous, then hop on this mindless and fairly entertaining ride.
- TODAY/ra
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