Legion in need of divine intervention

Like so many modern films, Legion put its best foot forward, meaning its best scenes are in the preview. The film starts off well enough, but quickly tumbles into a bottomless pit, not of fire and brimstone, but of tedium.

Legion takes place in a world where God has abandoned hope for the human race, but Arch Angel Michael (Paul Bettany) hasn't. He disobeys orders and goes to Paradise Falls, a dingy little desert diner, where an unwed and unsympathetic, pregnant, chain smoking waitress is supposedly carrying the hope of humanity in her womb, although how or why is never explained.

The writing is less than divinely inspired, and plot holes abound. If one is even remotely religiously inclined, then this film is guaranteed to offend.

Legion has a pretty high body count, and what else could one expect for the apocalypse?  The problem is that since no real connection is made with any of the characters, the viewer probably just won't care.

For a biblical action film, there is surprisingly little original material here. The only memorable scenes stick in the brain because they are so unbelievably bad.

Overall it's a largely forgettable film.  The second time a character said a line such as, "Why did God change his mind and stop caring?" it was hard not to think that it was probably because of movies like this.