The Legion

A) The dialogue is wooden and stilted throughout. Every line is clumsy exposition in awkward prose. b) The characters are one-dimensional sketches that exist only as cogs to forward a flat narrative. The much maligned Mickey Rourke is at least amusing as he slurs and glowers his way through his horribly overwritten lines, but there's no hint of a an actual character in there, just a tissue of tics and mannerisms stitched together. And he's the MOST interesting of the lot. c) The directing and editing feel like the work of a not especially gifted film student; pedestrian, unimaginative, and designed to drain this flat narrative of any possible interest or excitement. Long minutes of a guy walking/running across hills/mountains/rivers/deserts. d) In several scenes, the director lingers on a shot or a location in a way that suggests that something interesting is finally going to happen. And then...it doesn't. Not an ounce of excitement in the fights or the chase. e) Spoiler: here's a plot summary to save yourself ninety minutes for squeezing blackheads or something less painful than watching this movie. Scene: Grumpy Roman General, mumbling to self: Boy, I sure am pissed at Nero. He shoulda just sent me to Armenia. I hope those guys that he DID send all die. Scene: Trapped Roman General to hero: Look, we need you to climb a cliff, run across mountains and deserts, and get Grumpy Roman General to come and save us. Scene: Hero climbs cliff with much tribulation, runs and runs and runs and runs, meeting a few uninteresting characters who never actually get developed, and gets to Grumpy Roman General's palace. Scene: Hero: Hey, come and rescue our guys. Grumpy Roman General: No. Grumpy Roman General's cute mistress: Oh, come on. Go rescue them. Grumpuy Roman General: Oh, ok. End. Hero: Okay.

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So interesting

How do you pay for a cast like this and then hire someone so incompetent on camera!? Awful effects awful editing. Turned off after 20mins

Well, maybe it's not the best survival movie that I've watched, it's low-budget, but it has some nice elements and I enjoyed it. The rhythm could have been improved a bit but I don't think that it's boring at all. Mickey is not in the best years of his career but he still manages to produce a good performance despite his striking make-up. Correct film in my opinion.