Hey peoples! Here's the trailer to the upcoming film Legion starring Paul Bettany (the albino from The Da Vinci Code), Dennis Quaid (not the enemy from the classic Enemy Mine), Charles S. Dutton (Roc from ROC), the scariest Ice Cream Man ever, and a Crazy Ass Freaky Old Woman (Estelle Getty returning from the grave maybe?) who you shouldn't let anywhere near your unborn child. Trailer Addict describes the story as this, "When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael.". My first reaction after watching the trailer was, "Is this The Prophecy with a bigger budget?".
I liked what I saw here especially that Ice Cream Man. That's a pretty freaky intro. That creature looks like it could exist in the world of John Carpenter's The Thing with it's stretchy skin and twisted figure. I'm never going to look at an Ice Cream man the same way ever again. I do find it kind of strange that the trailer is over five minutes long. It doesn't need to be that long. It's like a trailer for a movie from the '70's where they practically showed you the whole movie. That's my main problem with this one. The pacing is all off. There's a lot of set up and then a lot of action shots. They could shave off a good two minutes from this trailer and have something that piques your interest, hits you with the action, then gives you a release date. Instead they try and make sure that you really understand what the plot of the movie is about and it does more harm than good. Good intention, bad execution. Watch and decide for yourself. Legion arrives in theaters January 22, 2010.
And here's an Ice Cream Man we all remember and love:
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