Danny Trejo has a credits list longer than probably any well-known actor I can remember seeing, making a name for himself as being tougher than a coffin nail on screen. Best known for his frequent collaborations with Robert Rodriguez, the actor also has leading and smaller roles in much lesser-known films, and the upcoming Bad Ass is one such film.

Led by Trejo, the film also stars Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Charles S. Dutton (Alien 3, Gothika), and marks the feature directorial debut of Craig Moss. We’ve now got the first trailer to share with you, via /Film, and it looks pretty much like what you’d expect from a film called Bad Ass.

“Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It’s not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he’s suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friendKlondikeis murdered and the police aren’t doing anything about it.”

I’d never personally heard of him, but the film is based on the true story of the Internet meme Epic Beard Man, and we see Trejo sporting a rather fabulous beard in this first short trailer.

Bad Ass doesn’t yet have a release date secured either here or in the States, and it’s possible that we might well have to wait for it to hit the shelves before we get a chance to watch it.

Legion is releasedon DVD and Blu Ray today and stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton,  Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Durand, Jon Tenney, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh and is directed by Scott Stewart.

The basic premise of the movie is that God (although never mentioned by name) isn’t happy with his people and decides to start all over again, much like the Bible story, Noah and the Ark. The difference here is that rather than sending a giant flood to wipe out the earth, God uses….. Us! Sound a bit odd. Well, it sort of is!

While God prepares his army of angels to come and possess us all, one angel, Michael (Bettany) stands up against the Lord and Creator. Michael is on a mission to save a baby which is currently in the womb of Charlie played by Adrianne Palicki. If the baby lives, humanity has a chance, if he/she doesn’t, it’s the end of the world as we know it. Along with Bettany, it’s down to a human with the stupidest name of all time, Jeep Hanson (Lucas Black) to try to defend the love of his life who couldn’t care less if he was attracted to her or not.

Legion is a very confused movie with a rather large cast and no real idea of where it’s going. The fact that a rogue angel stands up to God to defy his will is crazy will no doubt annoy any Christian who watched it.

Some redeeming qualities include the sound design which was just fantastic and the special effects but I’m afraid neither save this movie from the tripe that it turned out to be. I’m rather sad it was so bad because from the trailers, it has potential to be something great and I think if the screenplay had been better, we’d have seen a great movie. However it was full of so many absurdities and cliched lines that it’s probably destined to go to the bottom of the bargain bin at your local service/gas station.

If Terminator was merged with Dawn of the Dead with a splash of Childsplay and Men in Black thrown in for good measure, you’d get some way to explaining Legion’s storyline.

Legion is released on DVD and Blu ray – Monday, 9th August and you can purchase it here.

Go Behind the Scenes of Legion

Special Features:

• Designing Paradise Falls: Discover the creative process behind designing the apocalyptic vision of Paradise Falls.
• Blueprint of a Scene: An immersive, in-depth breakdown of a key battle sequence against the possessed.
• movieIQ+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!
• BD Exclusive: Bringing Angels To Earth: Picture-in-Picture
• Creating the Apocalypse – Behind the Physical Effects
• Humanity’s Last Line of Defense – The Cast and Characters
• From Pixels to Picture – A Look at the Visual Effects

Some movies look great on paper but are either let down by the transition to the big screen. Let me sow that seed of information as you read on.

Legion is the new action thriller from Sony Pictures. It stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton,  Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Durand, Jon Tenney, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh and is directed by Scott Stewart.

The basic premise of the movie is that God (although never mentioned by name) isn’t happy with his people and decides to start all over again, much like the Bible story, Noah and the Ark. The difference here is that rather than sending a giant flood to wipe out the earth, God uses….. Us! Sound a bit odd. Well, it sort of is!

While God prepares his army of angels to come and possess us all, one angel, Michael (Bettany) stands up against the Lord and Creator. Michael is on a mission to save a baby which is currently in the womb of Charlie played by Adrianne Palicki. If the baby lives, humanity has a chance, if he/she doesn’t, it’s the end of the world as we know it. Along with Bettany, it’s down to a human with the stupidest name of all time, Jeep Hanson (Lucas Black) to try to defend the love of his life who couldn’t care less if he was attracted to her or not.

Legion is a very confused movie with a rather large cast and no real idea of where it’s going. The fact that a rogue angel stands up to God to defy his will is crazy and goes against everything The Bible has taught Christians since it was written. Some of the dialogue between characters us just laughable and in fact, if you had a camera on the lady sitting next to me, you’d think Legion was indeed full of laugh out loud jokes. She really was in hysterics at how terrible this film was. She was not alone with groans, yawns and people leaving the screening well before it finished as they couldn’t take anymore! I held strong to the end for you the HeyUGuys readers!

Some redeeming qualities include the sound design which was just fantastic and the special effects but I’m afraid neither save this movie from the tripe that it turned out to be. I’m rather sad it was so bad because from the trailers, it has potential to be something great and I think if the screenplay had been better, we’d have seen a great movie. However it was full of so many absurdities and cliched lines that it was destined to go to the bottom of the bargain bin at your local service/gas station.

If Terminator was merged with Dawn of the Dead with a splash of Childsplay and Men in Black thrown in for good measure, you’d get some way to explaining Legion’s storyline. It’s redeeming feature is that it only cost an estimated $26m to make an according to wikipedia, has already made double that in takings in the US so I guess it’s not to be sniffed at. The effects and cast that was used in the movie was actually quite respectable with a budget so low (and yes, i know $26m is still an awful lot of money).

Legion is released in cinemas this Friday. I really look forward to some of you seeing it so you can tell me if I’m wrong but please make sure you go on Orange Wednesday so you’re not paying full price to watch it!

Sony have released a brand new international trailer for Legion which stars Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton, Kate Walsh, Tyrese Gibson, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, and is directed by Scott Stewart.

The movie has been released in the US for a while now and you can see our early review here. This new international trailer shows us a bit more of the story and the characters. It’s scheduled for release in the UK 5th March.

There are films that you go to see because you just know that it’s going to be great.  There are films you go to see expecting greatness, and getting disappointment instead.  Then there are those films you go see because you expect it to be so bad that it’s good.  Everyone I’ve talked to has their “so bad it’s good” films.  I know I do.

Going into Legion, I just knew that it was going to be awful.  But it was one of those movies I just HAD to see.  When you go see movies with that mind set, one of two things can happen: 1) It’ll be great. Or 2) It’s just going to be so bad, it’s bad. I’m happy to report that Legion did not fall into category #2. While it didn’t quite make it into category 1, it was, never the less, a surprise.

To bring you up to speed, Legion tells the story of a fallen angel, Michael (Paul Bettany) who comes to Earth to ensure the survival of mankind from annihilation after the Man upstairs sends out the order to end it all.

Going against the wishes of his boss, he falls to Earth and makes his way to a desert diner to ensure that the diner’s waitress lives to bring her unborn baby to term, and is able to deliver.  With only the owner, employees and a few unlikely patrons, they all must work together to fend off the impending doom that is coming for them.

If you’re familiar with my reviews you know how I hate to give anything away, so I’ll say once again, I’m stopping there as far as the storyline goes.  So let’s talk about it in other terms.

The Film:
With a run time of 1:40, it doesn’t feel too long or too short.  The pacing seemed to be a bit slow in parts but overall, I’d say it was paced properly.  I didn’t feel bored and I didn’t feel the need to check my watch.  There were some cringe worthy scenes, especially the one involving the old lady.  If you’ve seen the trailer, you know what I’m talking about.  But really you should see the scene in it’s entirety to really appreciate it.

The effects were decent, but nothing really to write home about.  Same goes for the scenery.  At times you could really tell they shot on a lot, and some of the CG shots weren’t quite up to par, but it didn’t really bother me like it does in other films.  Perhaps it was due to my mindset.  I didn’t expect a lot so I wasn’t disappointed.

The showdown between Michael and the angel sent to finish the job he refused, Gabriel (played by Kevin Durand) was intense, but a bit choppy.  There were parts where it was difficult to see exactly what was happening.  You got the jist of the battle, but I would have liked to have been able to actually see more.  It was a combination of editing as well as lighting.

The Cast:
Angels:
The main reason I was interested in this film was because of Paul Bettany.  I just couldn’t visualize him in this type of role.  I have, up to this point, only been able to visualize him as he was in either Wimbledon or The Da Vinci Code.  I didn’t think he’d be able to pull of playing an ass kicking angel that packs a lot, and I mean A LOT of heat.  He executed his role very well and at no time did I think that he didn’t fit.

Kevin Durand was also a good choice for Gabriel.  He’s got the stature and menacing presence to pull it off.  While the character was a chunk of the story, his role was mainly confined to the second half of the film. 

Humans:
The rest of the cast includes Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton, Kate Walsh, Tyrese Gibson, Lucas Black, and Adrianne Palicki.  While they may not have been stand out performances, they were effective.  Quaid’s character, Bob Hanson, is the owner of the diner, along with his son Jeep (Black), his cook (Dutton) and the pregnant waitress (Palicki).  Walsh and Gibson are both unsuspecting patrons.

Not all of the characters stories are told thoroughly, but they really didn’t need to be.  The film didn’t spend too much time focusing on each character, which can be both good and bad.  You don’t feel too attached, but at the same time you do have a basic idea of what brought them to the diner.

Overall I was pleasantly surprised and ended up liking Legion.  It’s got it’s flaws, but none of them were enough to ruin the film for me.  It’s not a movie that will change the world, but it was entertaining.  And really, isn’t that what going to movies is all about?

The Scott Stewart directed supernatural thriller  of Legion starring Paul Bettany looks like being a wonderfully violent and nasty film, and the trailer which debuted this summer had a nice vibe, sort of The Mist meets From Dusk till Dawn.

Recently we’ve seen a slew of motion comics, which is a process of animating the still frames of a comic book and now Legion has had the same treatment – and the trailer is now available below.

Paul Bettany does the voiceover for this and it looks to be a great accompaniment to the film which is released in January 2010.

Enjoy.

Here’s some awesome new images from Legion which we can expect to see on our screens 5th March. I can’t wait to see this movie. It looks like the perfect blend of action and Paul Bettany looking like he’s rather angry!

Legion also stars Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Willa Holland and is directed by Scott Stewart.

These new images come from Hollywood.com and look awesome. Check them out below (click to enlarge). You can see the red band trailer than we’ve posted previously here to get a bit more info on what the film is about.

JoBlo.com have posted six new awesome character poster for Legion. Click the above image to view all the posters in their montage form when you’ll notice that combined, they form a quote which is from Matthew 13:49 which states: ‘So it will be at the end of the age the angels will come forth to take out the wicked and throw them into the furnace of fire’. I’ve put the new posters below which you can click to enlarge.

Legion stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton and Willa Holland. Here’s the plot written by someone on IMDb:

After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.

We can expect to see Legion, directed by Scott Stewart on our screens in the UK 5th March 2010. You can view the red band trailer which looks awesome here.

As intense trailers go, this one is probably up there in the top 5 I’ve ever seen!

Legion stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S Dutton and Willa Holland. Here’s the plot written by someone on IMDb:

After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.

It really does look excellent, even if it does look and have the feel of Terminator with angels! Watch the trailer after the jump…