Legion reviewed by Mark Kermode

[christiandugdale]

Does anyone else remember when Viz did a story about Simon Mayo in about 1996?. The headline was "MAYO AGES IN DOG YEARS. "I look like a fucking waxwork" says DJ".

[navylaks2]

Can't they do a film about Angels fighting Demons?

i mean isn't that what realy happens in the Christian mythology

[QuatermassMan]

This movie was so stupid. The story was dumb and the writing was uneven and unorganzied and they wrote themselves into a corner with the whole "angels possessing people." It made no sense. They were able to kill the 'angels' with bullets?! No way! It was dumb.

[ghislainevonwald]

That Walken impression made me smile :)

[mastershake99999]

the part where u said that the unborn kid is going to be the savior is from the Terminator

[FinalBossWTMN]

@mastershake99999 . . . . or it's from.....Jesus, and Christianity? That's a tad bit older then Terminator 2....just saying

[noobcannon990]

Angels with Uzis ftw.

[Filmzie]

More movie references in this review than a Tarantino movie! And all of them are classics.

[jamesvolunteer]

I loved this film. Bettany puts me off a bit though.

[DouglasYancey]

"The noise he made wasn't particularly verbal"

Are you saying he just farted at you?

[albatros606]

Simon Mayo is bland, dull and humourless. He doesnt have a personality, and doesnt like the fact that Kermode does have a personality and interesting things to say.

[BoredOfFakeTalents]

Legion was absolutely boring. I hated the fact that supposedly GOD... THE GOD.. is sending angels or demons or demon angels to Earth to kill these people and this lone ranger Angel played by Bettany is helping the humans and for some reason... The "angels" take human form and wait outside the diner...while the people inside load machine guns and barricade the windows and doors like their in Night of the Living Dead. It's just ridiculous and boring and I wanted to walk out. I should've.

[lordtufty]

X-Men: The Last Stand!

[Mjhavok]

This movie was terrible. The plot is non-existent. It could have been thought up in 5 minutes. Probably was.

[skinwalkerxxx]

it's a michael bay cgi fxs version of the prophecy.

[TheHappydead]

nice fatboy slim mention in this

[157nnfgyu90lybf]

nemo ha

[Mystandrain]

LOL!!!!!! That Christopher Walken impression! hahahahaha Priceless!

[nogginzinc]

I saw it last week. Enjoyable nonsense indeed. Did anyone else feel they were ripping-off the plot from Terminator?

[daftvader75]

it was dogma where matt damon & ben affleck cut their wings off.

[arsenestrikesback]

the good doctor's impersonation of Christopher Walken is so spot

[Chronolyse]

Pathetic guilty treat. That about sums it up. Much like Ninja Assassin.

[Jellyform]

Loved the film. Completely retarded fun (like The Prophecy was)

[Alimantado91]

Mayo really does look like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

[welshfilmbuff]

Kermode seemed to ruffle "Father Mayo's" feathers when talking about God...

what's new, eh?

[DanzNewzMachinima]

I remember laughing a lot during the film... and I kept thinking about how unoriginal it was throughout... but, I had a good time watching it... that is, until the last 10 minutes...

[MJStone1974]

Oh this film is such a dirty little pleasure, it definatley is wosh.

[coffycup75]

What a horrible film.

Fortunately, 1- my husband and I saw this at the drive-in (so we paid less), and 2- it was shown with Daybreakers, which we saw the week before and loved. "Charles Dutton. . . cooking the burgers." Haha!

[chuckyd9]

There's also that X-Men film (cant remember which one) where the kid with the wings tries to cut them off......

[PurushaDesa]

Chucky, that's the lame third one by Brett (The Hack) Ratner.

[chuckyd9]

Reason why I didnt remember I guess xD

[uglyenoughtobewise]

The Prophecy was great, all four sequels were not.

[JustNoise]

@uglyenoughtobewise in german it's called god's army. interesting, ha?

[SpeedFreakNO]

Hehe, love the impersonation :P

[oneworldfamily]

Ha ha!  Love Dr K's Christopher Walken!

[DannyBoy777]

I lol'd at "pathetic guilty treat", what a delightfully amusing phrase. I've seen this and concur with the Dr.

[defcore108]

Yes, it was Dogma.

[hiiimatthew]

in dogma, the angels hack their wings off at the end to "trans-substantiate" to human form

[moeezS]

Guilty pleasure, will keep out for the DVD then!

Constantine, very similar film, was awesome.

[AcheKah]

woop