First I'll start by saying, I'm not religious but I know of the source its based on, (Michael/Gabriel etc) And I am 50/50 on horror films in general. I hate at least half of them. The other night I watched Cabin-Fever on TV (I switched it off after 40 or so Minuit's.
Then saw a preview of Legion last night, The trailer looked cheesy but I thought i'd check it out just for fun and action. I gave it 2 stars, and thats one for the granny and one for the ice-cream man.
This film was shockingly bad! the middle was just mindless zombie types trying to "Get In" to the diner,(see better Zombie films, and better yet, Dusk till Dawn to see this done properly) the concept ridiculous and unoriginal (see slightly better film The Prophecy) And even better(End of days) spoilerish... Sooo, ANGEL Michael, turns up in an alleyway Ala John Connor, cuts his wings off, next time we see him, he turns up at a diner with a car loaded with machine guns, to fight... angels/demons? Oh and a pregnant waitress just so happens to be the barer of some unexplained chosen-one, against uber villain Gabriel, and ANGEL with bulletproof kung-fu wings and a mechanical bladed Mace.
It sounds so bad it would be cool/funny in my description, BUT the film looked like it was mostly played for seriousness.
It didn't work as a spoofy type, and it certainly doesn't work as a serious horror, it doesn't really even work as an action film, because we've seen it all before. The only way i can see it, is ridiculing the religion its based on, which isn't hard to do anyways.
Save your cash, and your mind. Go watch brain-dead instead.
Then saw a preview of Legion last night, The trailer looked cheesy but I thought i'd check it out just for fun and action. I gave it 2 stars, and thats one for the granny and one for the ice-cream man.
This film was shockingly bad! the middle was just mindless zombie types trying to "Get In" to the diner,(see better Zombie films, and better yet, Dusk till Dawn to see this done properly) the concept ridiculous and unoriginal (see slightly better film The Prophecy) And even better(End of days) spoilerish... Sooo, ANGEL Michael, turns up in an alleyway Ala John Connor, cuts his wings off, next time we see him, he turns up at a diner with a car loaded with machine guns, to fight... angels/demons? Oh and a pregnant waitress just so happens to be the barer of some unexplained chosen-one, against uber villain Gabriel, and ANGEL with bulletproof kung-fu wings and a mechanical bladed Mace.
It sounds so bad it would be cool/funny in my description, BUT the film looked like it was mostly played for seriousness.
It didn't work as a spoofy type, and it certainly doesn't work as a serious horror, it doesn't really even work as an action film, because we've seen it all before. The only way i can see it, is ridiculing the religion its based on, which isn't hard to do anyways.
Save your cash, and your mind. Go watch brain-dead instead.