Legion (2010) Movie Overview

Legion is a 2010 American apocalyptic-thriller film, directed by Scott Stewart, written by Peter Schink and rewritten by Stewart. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki and Dennis Quaid. The Archangel Michael (Bettany) falls to Earth in Los Angeles, cuts off his wings, and raids a police arsenal for a cache of automatic weapons. Confronted by two LAPD officers, one becomes possessed and kills the other. Michael kills the possessed cop and steals his car. The remainder of the story takes place in a small roadside diner and garage in the middle of the New Mexico desert. Its semi-permanent residents are the diner’s owner, Bob Hanson (Quaid), his son Jeep (Black), the short-order cook Percy (Charles S. Dutton) and the waitress, Charlie (Palicki). Charlie is pregnant with an absentee father’s child, and Jeep has always loved her, though he is afraid to say so. Also present are a single father on his way to L.A., Kyle (Tyrese Gibson), and an urban married couple, Howard and Sandra Anderson (Jon Tenney and Kate Walsh), and their rebellious teenaged daughter, Audrey (Willa Holland), who have been temporarily stranded at the diner after… Source

• Legion Movie Details
• Director: Scott Stewart
• Official Sites: Official site
• Tagline: When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 100 min
• Genre: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Thriller

• Cast Overview
• Paul Bettany as Michael
• Lucas Black as Jeep Hanson
• Tyrese Gibson as Kyle Williams
• Adrianne Palicki as Charlie
• Charles S. Dutton as Percy Walker
• Kevin Durand as Gabriel

Legion Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Legion (2010): An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanitys only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael. Source

Legion Movie Review from New York Times

In “Legion” the world ends not with a bang but with a short stack. Recycling motifs from “The Birds,” “Near Dark,” the “Terminator” films and other apocalyptic fantasies, the film convenes a collection of strangers — upper-middle-class white family with issues, black father with handgun, etc. — at a diner in the Mojave Desert, w… Source

Legion Movie Details from Imdb

An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany). Written by Anonymous… Source

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