Legion is the second quasi-religious action flick I’ve seen this week (the first being the far superior Book of Eli). It’s a bit of a clumsy mess, built of shopworn tropes, bad performances and an incoherent theology.

The film opens with archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) falling to the streets of L.A., where he surgically removes his wings and begins assembling a huge arsenal for some upcoming apocalyptic battle.

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