They just don't know how to end movies these days- they ruined it. So much potential lost.

There may have a few occasions I thought of the poster for this film, the leading actor with angel wings, and mistook it for the 2011 film Priest, easy mistake, it has a religious sort of format, it is the same leading actor, and the same director, Scott Stewart (Dark Skies), I hoped this would be good. Basically God has lost all faith in mankind, the Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) has ordered by the Lord, in addition to a legion of other angels, to bring the Apocalypse to Earth and exterminate the human race. However Michael rebels against his orders, he has fallen to Earth in Los Angeles, and cuts off his wings, he wants to help the humans, he steals a series of automatic weapons and a police car. Meanwhile in a diner in the middle of nowhere in the New Maxico desert, business is running as usual, with owner Bob Hanson (Dennis Quaid), his son Jeep (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift's Lucas Black), his friend and cook Percy Walker (Alien 3's Charles S. Dutton), and pregnant waitress Charlie (Adrianne Palicki). Also present at the diner are single father Kyle Williams (2 Fast 2 Furious's Tyrese Gibson), and married couple Howard (Jon Tenney) and Sandra Anderson (Kate Walsh), with their rebellious teenage daughter Audrey (Willa Holland). Then an elderly woman named Gladys Foster (Jeanette Miller) comes into the diner, acts strangely, telling Charlie her baby is going to "burn", and making insults, she then suddenly attacks and crawls on the walls and ceiling like a spider, before being shot. Moments later the sky is darkened by clouds, and the phones and radios are down, the diner and all inhabitants are completely cut off from the outside world, then Michael arrives, he begins handing out guns, explains the situation with God against humanity, and says that Charlie's baby will be the saviour of the world. The diner is now in danger of the impending arrival of many angels, no longer good creatures like humanity assumes, they have taken over the bodies of many innocent civilians, and become rampaging zombie-like creatures, who will do anything to kill them. In the end, after many of the human characters have been killed, and those remaining, including Charlie who has given birth to her child, have escaped the wrath of God, and Michael has confronted Gabriel (Kevin Durand), God has rescinded the order, and Michael returns to Heaven. Also starring Hellboy's Doug Jones as Ice Cream Man, Josh Stamberg as Burton and Yancey Arias as Estevez. Bettany is certainly imposing as the rogue archangel, supporting cast members Quaid and Gibson do well also, it is a simplistic story, an angel coming to save the world and protecting what could be the new messiah, and it does have some good special effects and face-paced battle sequences, overall it is a simple but entertaining enough apocalyptic supernatural action horror film. Worth watching!

*Spoiler/plot- Legion, 2010. On Earth, moral humans get mixed up in biblical prophesy regarding the Messiah and coming of God's justice on Earth. Archangelic beings arrive on Earth battle to assist the world's history.*Special Stars- Paul Bettany, Kevin Durand, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianna Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Dennis Quaid. *Theme- God gives and takes away based on human free choice. *Trivia/location/goofs- The name of the diner is "Paradise Falls", a reference to the changing nature of God's attitude to man and the nature of angels from protectors to destroyers. Also a nod to John Milton's Paradise Lost, where it describes the fall of Satan to earth and the war between angels and man. The tattoos on Michael (and later Jeep) are Enochian, a language supposedly of the angels as recorded by John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century, which they claimed was revealed to them by angels.*Emotion- A mystical thriller about a couple getting involved in some biblical apocalyptic matters. Film has a very confusing plot and the snap editing manages to keep the viewer somewhat informed and involved. The story is not very entertaining or hopeful. *Based On- Early Bible legends.

Legion (2010): Dir: Scott Stewart / Cast: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki: Legion means many and there are many reasons to laugh at this Biblical mockery. Characters are given decent backgrounds but never followed up upon. A legion of angels attacks earth after God supposedly loses faith in mankind. Archangel Michael arrives with a carload of machine guns to protect a small group at a diner before locking into a ridiculous battle against angel Gabriel. Any Bible scholars will note that God did this with a flood in the Old Testament. Paul Bettany plays Michael with false bravo. The moment he appears with big guns in either hand, the audience response with laughter. Lucas Black plays a mechanic whose girlfriend's unborn child is the key to mankind's survival. Yeah, and in the Bible her name is Mary and the child would be named Jesus. That story is far more interesting than the idiocy compounded here. Dennis Quaid plays the stern diner owner who spends much time preaching to Lucas about his failed marriage, and slapping the TV when it gets static. Tyrese Gibson arrives with a hand gun but this is only remotely touched upon. He will engage in gun play with the so-called immortals. Adrianne Palicki plays the pregnant waitress who is suppose to be the key to everything but nothing elevates beyond the level of stupidity. This film is about as frightening as an episode of Touched By an Angel. Director Scott Stewart delivers on action, and the special effects are innovative with people shape shifting but it ultimately becomes a legion of extreme bullshit. Score: 2 / 10