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32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 6 out of 14
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    The film has enough entertaining action and sly humor to please its target audience.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    60
    Often resembles a prime John Carpenter thriller--call it "Assault on Manger 13"--until an overcaffeinated angel-fu climax significantly lowers the intelligence quotient.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    60
    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.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    42
    After a brisk start, the script turns out to be a rough and humorless beast slouching its way towards utter ludicrousness.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    40
    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.
  6. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Pete Hammond
    40
    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.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    40
    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.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    40
    The leaden dialogue and flat-footed storytelling hobble a talented cast.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    33
    A cartoonishly grim supernatural thriller that could stand a lot less talk and a lot more thrills.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    30
    Legion may traffic in signposts of the apocalypse, but the whole affair mostly indicates that we're in the movie wasteland that is January.
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Cliff Doerksen
    30
    This feature debut by writer-director Scott Stewart may sound like an enjoyably goofy theo-horror romp, but it's a serious penance.
  12. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    25
    Profane, profanely silly and blasphemous to beat the band, Legion begins well before plunging into the abyss of tedium.
  13. Empire
    Reviewed by: Nick de Semlyen
    20
    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.
  14. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    20
    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.
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3.1 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 125 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 66
  3. Negative: 46 out of 66
  1. grandpajoe6191
    2
    The movie is indisputably terrible. From the story plot line to the performances, "Legion" is very messed up. That's all I can say for this cinematic mess. Nothing good.… Full Review »
  2. Nazgulero
    8
    Something tells me I shouldn't like that movie. But I did. I found it entertaining, and Paul Bettany's character very good. Why God's angels cannot deal with machine gun fire, well, maybe he should have checked Earth out himself before sending down his executioners. Good fun !… Full Review »
  3. thelordoffilm
    4
    I really want to say this I'm a geek for movies that has to do with sci-fi and horror and action, as well as the genre of fantasy. When a film gets released with these very good qualities, I'm your number one man at the movies ready to see it. So when I saw Legion's preview I was very giddy, but there's a problem. What I don't appreciate is that Hollywood thinks I'm a nerd and a geek so I'm going to watch a mediocre movie no matter what. Just because it has a glossy packaging doesn't mean it's good. What's better to attract a sixteen year old boy to the movies? Oooo I know let's put a poster with the main character and lets have him have really big guns. Wait I have a better idea let's put angel wings behind him that should do the trick. Then the trailer will have cool explosions and really exciting one-liners. Damn this movie got me hooked I'm watching this. They pay $10.50 ticket, $21.00 if they have a date then another $20.00 for food; watching a bad movie not priceless. Well I'm 23 years old and I have seen my share of movies to uncover studios bulls@#t. Legion is a movie that tries to capture fan boys because of the cool images but the serving is really distasteful. It's another stupid attempt to make a franchise. Legion's plot is a weird one with several holes in it but I'll get to that later. God has lost faith in mankind; he's basically tired of us. So in the bible he sent a flood like much of us has learned, so he decides to send mindless zombies who are possessed by angels. Yeah I said that I didn't stutter. You heard me say mindless zombies right because they're going to end up as target practice like we didn't know that was going to happen. So back to the plot, Michael who is an angel does not agree with God's descion. So he decides to come to earth and sacrifices his angel status and becomes human. You see I put "angel status" the movie never explains why he does that. He goes to diner full of misfits to protect a pregnant woman who bears the child to end the war. I have a number of questions on this, where is the father of the child no explanation and nobody bothers to ask. Why does God wants zombies to end the world, is he a big studio executive who wants to see action or God's a big George Romero fan wanted to use zombies. I'm sorry but Legion being directed by a former special effects director I wasn't really convinced with the special effects. Now I know why George Romero and Danny Boyle can really make zombie movies there zombies transforms in the most disgusting and scariest ways. In Legion they transform like this. Their head shakes really rapidly like a bobble head and black contact lens and fake shark teeth. It looks pretty ridiculous. The acting, don't get me started on the acting Paul Bettany was the only shine of light in this movie and it's a pretty dark movie. Most of all the dialogue was dull as well. I do give credit where credits do. Gabriel and Michael in angel form looks pretty cool. Their action sequence was somewhat entertaining. There is good writing here as well the speech that Michael gives to Jeep and a very cool quote that Michael says in the end. "You gave him what he wanted but I gave him what he needed" That was pretty cool, as well as the grandma scene was pretty good too. That's four good things out of so many wrong things can't recommend this even to the low IQs.… Full Review »
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