10 Action Movie Flops That Deserve A Second Chance
5. Legion
The moment Paul Bettany, portraying an archangel who arrives in the Mojave desert on a secret mission, picks up a machine gun and starts kicking !*$%, you know Legion is going be to pure no-think escapism.
Bettany’s on Earth to battle the forces of darkness that’ve descended on a truck stop in the desert to kill waitress Charlie (Adrianne Palicki), who’s about to give birth to the future saviour of mankind. When the first soldier in this conflict – a potty-mouthed senior citizen who can spider walk across ceilings – fails in its mission, along comes a zombie horde, unaware that Bettany has just armed his troops with enough guns to take down The Wild Bunch.
Legion is every bit as much fun as it sounds, a delirious combination of horror, action and religious thriller that once it gets going never lets up - a model for others to follow. One day, all movies with religious themes will be this much fun.