
Legion (Blu-ray Review)
April 28th, 2010 admin
…as in “legions of moviegoers walked out of the theater.” This is an extermination. An angel holding a knife and an H&K submachine gun? OK. Unusual to say the least, but OK. That’s the face of Legion , the all-impotant poster image that does indeed sum this one up rather well. A mixture of the heavenly and heavy assault weapons, Legion tackles the Post-Apocalyptic genre by tossing God and angels with a bit of Maximum Overdrive , The Stand , and
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