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Last weekend, Scott Stewart’s apocalypse film, Legion](Legion (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), seemed to strike a chord with audiences, delivering just what the trailers promised – B-movie angel-on-angel action. Although our Peter Hall didn’t agree, writing: “The trailers may have you thinking that *Legion *looks silly and stupid but in a good way; a kind of cinematic junk food. It is not. It’s worse than that. Legion is the cinematic equivalent of a Styrofoam cup. It’s an empty container as easily disposed of as it is manufactured and just begging to be tossed in a junk yard.”
Nevertheless, who knew there was such a big demand for Paul Bettany, Action Hero? He certainly doesn’t look very threatening – wingless, gaunt, and oh-so-British – but I can think of seven more angels so wimpy they make Michael Landon look like Sonny Landham.
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