Legion
Screen Gems | Release Date: January 22, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

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60
VarietyJoe Leydon
Even when the blood-and-thunder hokiness of the over-the-top plot tilts perilously close to absurdity, the admirably straight-faced performances by well-cast lead players provide just enough counterbalance to sustain audience curiosity and sympathy. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The film has enough entertaining action and sly humor to please its target audience. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith Uhlich
Often resembles a prime John Carpenter thriller--call it "Assault on Manger 13"--until an overcaffeinated angel-fu climax significantly lowers the intelligence quotient. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
After a brisk start, the script turns out to be a rough and humorless beast slouching its way towards utter ludicrousness. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Even if you overlook the lousy lighting, awkward editing, and uneven acting, there's so much talking -- and so little story -- that your mind is likely to wander. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike Hale
The leaden dialogue and flat-footed storytelling hobble a talented cast. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
Essentially a B-movie dressed up with A-level special effects, Legion looks spiffy but sounds bad with a lot of overwritten dialogue scenes and predictable action. Read full review
40
Village VoiceErnest Hardy
This wan rebooting of the Christ tale has decent acting, serviceable if familiar visual effects, a few jump-in-your-seat moments, and the always crowd-pleasing gimmick of a senior citizen cussing up a storm. But the down time between action scenes is deadly dull and the film's hoary cinematic shorthand (i.e., a young Black man enters the film to the sound of hip-hop and fights with his baby mama) is more terrifying than anything else served up. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
A cartoonishly grim supernatural thriller that could stand a lot less talk and a lot more thrills. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Legion may traffic in signposts of the apocalypse, but the whole affair mostly indicates that we're in the movie wasteland that is January. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
This feature debut by writer-director Scott Stewart may sound like an enjoyably goofy theo-horror romp, but it's a serious penance. Read full review
25
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Profane, profanely silly and blasphemous to beat the band, Legion begins well before plunging into the abyss of tedium. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
As for Legion, well, if you've seen one plague of flies and death and angels at war with each other, you've seen 'em all. Read full review
20
EmpireNick de Semlyen
Could have been T2 with seraphs, or Assault On Precinct 13 crossed with Revelations. Instead, it’s a lazy genre bore. Doesn’t bode well for Priest, the next Stewart/Bettany film in the pipeline. Read full review
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