LEGION (The Wrath of God) EXPLAINED

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  • @Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God
    @Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God ปีที่แล้ว +3013

    Thank God for Paul Bettany. He always took roles that would probably be crap by other actors and made them memorable (to me anyway)

    • @drix4275
      @drix4275 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      You mean "Thank God for Michael." :D

    • @dynamite_dynamite5954
      @dynamite_dynamite5954 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Definitely doesn’t half ass his roles.

    • @SkatingLion
      @SkatingLion ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I actually just realized he's like an MCU guy now, I loved this movie and that priest movie he did lol

    • @BrianZatzke
      @BrianZatzke ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You’re not the only one. I admire his dedication to any role he takes. Gives its all.

    • @dillonconner6361
      @dillonconner6361 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      PREIST was dope af

  • @Daa_Black_Rainbow
    @Daa_Black_Rainbow ปีที่แล้ว +1621

    "Well that's just fine Bobby, he doesn't believe in you either."
    For an angel he gives hellish levels of roasting

    • @lincolnpascual
      @lincolnpascual ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Hey if you were a divine being, you'd be wielding holy fire too.

    • @Zimrack
      @Zimrack ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lincolnpascual your right.

    • @rickdeckard1075
      @rickdeckard1075 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "bobby" is a reference to the "BOB" type being from twin peaks, slightly different perspective

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That can make sense from a religious or secular perspective, perhaps god just doesn't believe in YOU, the other way around!

    • @crazychase98
      @crazychase98 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Actual the bible says that the next time you see angels they wont look nice but horrific creatures. Basically the end of the world

  • @Zhoobiingwenxxx
    @Zhoobiingwenxxx ปีที่แล้ว +1266

    I love how this movie puts a little twist on “dark supernatural beings coming to kill humanity.” Typically it’s Satan or Demons or other dark forces leading the charge but in this movie it’s an obscenely angry God and his Angels.

    • @Slop_Dogg
      @Slop_Dogg ปีที่แล้ว +117

      It's fascinating that god isn't truly angry with humanity, but his other creations, his heavenly host. When they prove almost all of them will follow any order, even massacring his chosen children, they disgust him.

    • @Zhoobiingwenxxx
      @Zhoobiingwenxxx ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@Slop_Dogg That’s a GOOD fucking point man! Especially considering Michaels line at the end! Where he mentions he gave God what he needed, not what he wanted.

    • @lordflako5324
      @lordflako5324 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Combat IQ how can God be against the natural man if he created us?

    • @MooncrafterUTAU
      @MooncrafterUTAU ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@lordflako5324 yo, you’ve never been mad at your kid or your pet for something? God in this film isn’t infallible, which is why Michael had to give Him what He needed, NOT what He wanted in that moment. Successful parenting sometimes requires you to have someone with an outside perspective calling you out on your shit before you do something you regret to the ones you love in a moment of anger.

    • @lordflako5324
      @lordflako5324 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MooncrafterUTAU the question wasn’t about the movie. It was about a broader statement Combat IQ made.

  • @JTReviewsPlus
    @JTReviewsPlus ปีที่แล้ว +455

    Legion is such an underrated action/horror film. I consider it a cult classic along the lines of Dredd where both movies deserved so much better and felt ahead of their time in many ways.

    • @piterpraker3399
      @piterpraker3399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ehhhhhhh. Dredd is great.
      This was...something. The idea that humans could even hold a candle to angelic forces is laughable. They're practically elemental destruction - fragments of God's will - they're powerful enough to fully redefine the space around them. Looking at them, touching them, and probably thinking too hard about them while they're present will either drive you to insanity or fully detach your soul from this plane.
      They can't be physically interacted with unless they restrain themselves.
      In actual combat, they wouldn't even be comprehended; probably not even perceived.
      The metaphorical line at the gate of heaven would just get very very long at a hilarious rate.

    • @shaneblackburn8910
      @shaneblackburn8910 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Just saw the movie and completely agree. Very under appreciated. Paul Bettany is such an incredible actor. He was bad ass as the archangel Michael.

    • @jonnymd3920
      @jonnymd3920 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch gangster no 1

    • @mephInc
      @mephInc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love this film but can't stand Dredd.
      To reach their own though.

    • @MrCarpen7er
      @MrCarpen7er 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hum, no. Not underrated, not a cult classic. It´s just a bad movie. Ahead of its time in what ? Stupidity ?

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache ปีที่แล้ว +1897

    This movie was one of the most memorable films for me growing up. There’s just something extremely cool that I find with the entire setting of the whole story.

    • @goldenhate6649
      @goldenhate6649 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This would be interesting to see in a mid budget tv show (enough for the practical and require CGI, but not so much that we get well...disney garbage). This movie has a lot it hits on that just doesn't lend well to a single 2 hour movie window.

    • @smolltaco5667
      @smolltaco5667 ปีที่แล้ว

      yo whats up bro

    • @uyentran1234
      @uyentran1234 ปีที่แล้ว

      omg same
      i loved this movie when i was younger

    • @renvincentquimat3896
      @renvincentquimat3896 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same bro, that ice cream man scared the shit out of me the first time I watched it as a kid.

    • @Mixamaka
      @Mixamaka ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Golden Hate
      There is actually a tv show named legion that follow(kinda) the same story and happens in an acopalyptic futur.

  • @vanilla_5573
    @vanilla_5573 ปีที่แล้ว +1765

    The old lady scene terrified the shit out of me when I was younger, still holds up for sure. Love the vids and keep up the great content

    • @derekbk9093
      @derekbk9093 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here!

    • @cesaroyola5902
      @cesaroyola5902 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      When I was a kid the scene of the icecream man completly freak me out. The elongated arms and mouth combined with the scream and the way it ran...

    • @R4GNAR0G
      @R4GNAR0G ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It was Kyle's kid to me.
      It was both creepy and heartbreaking at the same time.

    • @agust8352
      @agust8352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so that old woman is an angel ?

    • @denmanfite3156
      @denmanfite3156 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@agust8352 I think that is what is implied, yes. Keep in mind the police officer who is possessed early on is under the influence of an Angel and has a similar physical manifestation of the possession.

  • @logger22
    @logger22 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    My favorite scene in the movie was the fight between Michael and Gabriel. More importantly how Gabriel wasn’t evil at all, but just blindly following God. He would do that if it meant killing his brother. You can even see him tear up after he stabbed him. Gabriel learns his lesson after Michael returns and tells him that while Gabriel was doing by God’s word, it was Michael who was doing by God’s spirit.

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He kinda was though. Killing a child is evil and under no circumstance is it justified. God gave him a test and he failed it miserably.

    • @hellogoodbye1748
      @hellogoodbye1748 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@axe2grind244 god kills many children biblically speaking lol

    • @outdoorliving4724
      @outdoorliving4724 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very interesting POV Bryce.

    • @cherrybombrose3532
      @cherrybombrose3532 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@axe2grind244 late to the game but we only see it as evil because we’re human, he’s not. They’re angels. It’s basically the equivalent to us smooshing ants or hunting

    • @lunaticbz3594
      @lunaticbz3594 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@axe2grind244 God has specifically ordered the angels to kill children before.. When the first born of Egypt were killed they didn't spare children.
      At Sodom and Gomorrah children weren't spared.
      Also there was that time in the book of Enoch where God ordered all the human/angel hybrids killed, so they were half human and some were infants... Though while a fascinating read almost no one counts the book of Enoch as a canonical biblical text. For reasons that should be obvious for anyone who reads it, it reads more like biblical fanfiction then the word of God.

  • @MidnightWanderer
    @MidnightWanderer ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Elderly being posesed, one of the creepiest concepts out there. Between that scene from this film and the one in "Devil" still haunts me.

    • @Duck-pl6ft
      @Duck-pl6ft ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Devil scared the fuck outta me. I watched that shit when I was 10 and loved malevolent/biblical horror ever since.

    • @SnowmanSantana
      @SnowmanSantana ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That old woman was creepy asf even when she wasn’t possessed😂

    • @BloodSweatandFears
      @BloodSweatandFears 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Devil is so good and so underrated in my opinion.

  • @keynanmartinez
    @keynanmartinez ปีที่แล้ว +4223

    The idea of Angels destroying Mankind is actually horrifying.

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +508

      Yeah the very things that are supposed to help save our souls with love have now turned their back on us. Not only that, but without even blinking an eye, they have started to wipe humanity out in the most horrific way possible.

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez ปีที่แล้ว +235

      @@filmcomicsexplained The question is if you die in the movie being good do you go to heaven or be erased by God? That always bugs me.

    • @GipsyDangerfan
      @GipsyDangerfan ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@keynanmartinez I'd say either erased or sent to hell.

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@GipsyDangerfan Pure Dread.

    • @codyjackson1875
      @codyjackson1875 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Mainly because it would be utterly hopeless.

  • @aronthedev3074
    @aronthedev3074 ปีที่แล้ว +921

    I love the casual use of "gigachad'' while somberly explaining the apocalypse 🤣

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +130

      There’s always at least one gigachad trying to stop the end times! The hero archetype is synonymous with being a top G 😂

    • @gloriousblobber9647
      @gloriousblobber9647 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@filmcomicsexplained top G

    • @defaultusername123
      @defaultusername123 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@filmcomicsexplained it really do be like that.
      Michael doing the work and Gabriel doing the talking lol

    • @anon9579
      @anon9579 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anyone who killed satan would be a gigachad

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Adam B FAXXXX!

  • @360entertainment2
    @360entertainment2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    My buddy’s and I were deployed when this one dropped. Of the several movies that deserved a sequel from this time frame, this and Ninja Assassin deserved some kind of sequels!

    • @blakelowrey9620
      @blakelowrey9620 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ninja assassin was great and bizarre in the best way

    • @natew48
      @natew48 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@blakelowrey9620 it was a pretty damn cool movie. Still one of my favorites to this day

    • @jrr7031
      @jrr7031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Preacher. This needs a prequal

    • @darkdragon99
      @darkdragon99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It did the the form of a series

    • @ryanscoffeehour6404
      @ryanscoffeehour6404 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legon is a trilogy

  • @echo.echo08
    @echo.echo08 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    When I watched this as a child, I couldn't understand why the humans possessed bu angels looked corrupted and scary as if possessed by demons; then I found some artistic depictions of what angels looked like according to how they were described in the bible and they weren't actually beautiful androgynous-looking humans with wings, but monster-looking stuff of nightmares, so it started to make sense why humans possessed by angels looked terrifying in this movie

    • @C.U.S
      @C.U.S ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Those terrifying angels are the ones that actually protects God and they're high ranking angels but maybe im wrong also cute dog in your PFP bro

    • @kyju7093
      @kyju7093 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There are different types of angles. Watchers archangels and lesser angels etc. the only ones we hear of in the Bible are the ones that show up in “a fair form” as to not terrify the human they show themselves to but outside of that they’re basically beyond our comprehension so that makes them naturally terrifying by default

    • @mephInc
      @mephInc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Keep in mind that angels don't have a physical form until they come here. They, like God, exist outside of space and time. When presented to people, they opt for something that won't terrify us. By rights, they can manifest as anything.....real or not.

    • @rafflesiadeathcscent3507
      @rafflesiadeathcscent3507 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And dont forget how satan is actually a perfect being, perfect looks, physique and everything, he is very appealing and flawless. Satang would never appear repulsive or evil, if he that way he wouldnt be able to drag people to his side, he is the great deceiver and his lives by that title, thats why temptations in life are often irresistible, because they are so good to refused

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena ปีที่แล้ว +744

    Paul Bettany has been a naked poet/writer, an android, a talking AI, a warrior priest, an archangel, an unnamed gangster...he could almost do any role justice.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    They released a TV series called DOMINION, taking place 25 years after the events of the movie where angels and humans wage a war between themselves and only a chosen one could end the war.

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +87

      This sounds pretty awesome Shaine! Will have to check it out :)

    • @trajan74
      @trajan74 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Shame it only got 2 seasons. I somehow sense that season 3 would've introduced an epic Satan.

    • @darkcosmos88
      @darkcosmos88 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I only learned about this series after it was canceled, I wish I could have seen it because I really liked the movie Legion.

    • @SerialChiller1000
      @SerialChiller1000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I remember seeing a couple of episodes o SciFi.

    • @Bucko1126
      @Bucko1126 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The show finally introduced Lucifer, in what sadly became the last scene of the series...

  • @AtamskArchadian
    @AtamskArchadian ปีที่แล้ว +104

    So much potential in movies like these. They always have an amazing idea, out of the box thinking and far too many don’t get the attention they deserve and need in order to continue on.

  • @whalehands4779
    @whalehands4779 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This is one of those movies that is underrated, great stand-alone movie, but needs to have a sequel. It's a hidden Gem with a great premise. It's one of the movies that if it's on I watch it.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd try to tie it to Priest (2011).

    • @rmh_223
      @rmh_223 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aquariandawn4750 which further ties to Gabriel

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rmh_223 I just remembered, Christopher Walken movie, The Prophecy,could be the same world.

    • @porkjuices8365
      @porkjuices8365 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They had a TV show as a continuance but it didn't last long and wasn't allowed to finish the story.

    • @dogquin1001
      @dogquin1001 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@porkjuices8365 isn’t it coming back?

  • @shaunconnally4794
    @shaunconnally4794 ปีที่แล้ว +3203

    The acid scene really made me sad because all Percy wanted to do was help and he died because of someone else's ignorance
    Edit: get your popcorn people

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +328

      yeah those kind of deaths suck :(

    • @Robert_H_Diver
      @Robert_H_Diver ปีที่แล้ว +144

      That’s why you don’t help people like that.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep.

    • @stormwarrior007
      @stormwarrior007 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Aint that always the reason good people die in movies like this
      They fall victim cause another whining survivor is "selfish" and wants to save a loved one from demons, possessed, zombies, killer,...
      Its the same as splitting up that you see in the slasher movies
      Its stupid for us the audience but many people would do it if confronted with it
      Its in our nature after all
      Save our loved ones at our own risk you see in horde movies and the survive of the fittest you see in the slasher movies

    • @BrickChick
      @BrickChick ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Lmao , yeah like the real world where you have to pay for the mistakes of others constantly

  • @abrahamruiz8473
    @abrahamruiz8473 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    “And the gigachad that fought and defeated satan like a top G” this is why I subbed and love your explanations 😂

  • @gamergirl209
    @gamergirl209 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    If I remember right, the practical effects were absolutely incredible for this movie

  • @fernirmz5853
    @fernirmz5853 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Couldn’t help but laugh when he said, “the giga-chad that fought and defeated satan like a top G.”😂😂

  • @BovineDesigns
    @BovineDesigns ปีที่แล้ว +492

    It should be noted that Genesis 8:21 can be interpreted as God only promising to not destroy the world through the use of specifically a flood. "neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." (KJV). Which means other methods of humanity being destroyed are on the table, such as Paul Bettany coming down from heaven and wielding a bunch of cool guns.

    • @rbgerald2469
      @rbgerald2469 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      True..

    • @craigraboteau7024
      @craigraboteau7024 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That’s how I always interpreted it

    • @crazyjoeshorts5256
      @crazyjoeshorts5256 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The only issue I have with stories like this one is that they ignore the way God promised to end the world. Rescue the faithful, then after a time burn the world. It also ignores Jesus, his sacrifice, and his relationship with humanty. I know it's a movie, it just rubs me the wrong way.
      An interesting way to do this would have been to imply that God had already come for the faithful, but there were so few that nobody noticed their absence, and that this was the end God said would happen. But theology always goes up in smoke when it's written by nonbelievers. Again, it's just a movie, and an OK one at that. I just want some logical consistency.

    • @BovineDesigns
      @BovineDesigns ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@crazyjoeshorts5256 I completely agree, it ignores the rest of the Bible for plot convenience and confirmation bias

    • @aro528
      @aro528 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Bible is so vague so often that it can lead to so much interesting fanfiction. I love it!

  • @JerBuster77
    @JerBuster77 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    The movie took me for a loop once Michael revealed that those were angels possessing humans and turning them against the diner group.

  • @grif16
    @grif16 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This was hands down my favorite depiction of angels on the big screen that I had ever seen

    • @erinbibb
      @erinbibb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The wings were pretty amazing. Love that they can essentially use them a shield if needed.

  • @siftysticks6850
    @siftysticks6850 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This movie is still pretty golden, even 12 years later. I do love watching your videos

  • @XeroFailGames
    @XeroFailGames ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Michael hit Gabriel with that line....you told God what he wanted to hearI told him what he needed to hear

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You mean, "You told God what he needed to hear, and not just what he wanted to hear."

  • @xXm619killaxX
    @xXm619killaxX ปีที่แล้ว +286

    Why don't they bring it back as a series, it has the potential for it

    • @eddypaulsays2311
      @eddypaulsays2311 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      There is already a series named Dominion [2014 - 2015] that takes place after this movie.

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Apparently they did Mario!

    • @RayValdezPhotography
      @RayValdezPhotography ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@eddypaulsays2311 wow didnt know that

    • @gabrielhughes8221
      @gabrielhughes8221 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@filmcomicsexplained Yeah but the problem is their cancel the season. The show didn't finish. Remember, even Lucifer lightbringer was supposedly be in it & the next one. To bad because it would be a epic series.

    • @granzon7396
      @granzon7396 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eddypaulsays2311 thank u i didn't know this is existed

  • @comiccid1
    @comiccid1 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Also in the lore of Legion, in the continued series Dominion it wasn't a flood that wiped out mankind but a group of angels led by a blood thirsty Michael who was stopped by his brother and sister Gabriel and Uriel.

  • @dylanlafreniere3479
    @dylanlafreniere3479 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Michael literally arch within this movie is the definition of his character. The individual so loyal that when the leader strays away he holds him to his prior level regardless if that means he’s now going against who he once “belonged.” The phrase is “for your own good”

  • @l456tatertot3
    @l456tatertot3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    This and Constantine are my favorite supernatural “horror” movies. Great video

    • @TheCaraaraC
      @TheCaraaraC ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same!! My favorite and my introduction to “horror”

  • @iTROLL2
    @iTROLL2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The grandma and Ice Cream man scene are iconic

  • @sneakyrodent1853
    @sneakyrodent1853 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was a great film with some outstanding dialogue.
    The 'I don't believe in god/well that's just fine Bob he doesn't believe in you either ' and 'I would not have shown you such mercy/and that's why you failed him' (phrased from memory so maybe slightly inaccurate) were really powerful.

  • @xxxjordandangerouslyxxx
    @xxxjordandangerouslyxxx ปีที่แล้ว +22

    😇The Dad didn't have to go out like that. Since those weaker angels couldn't rush the group. I am a huge fan of this 😇

    • @jaasonmiller
      @jaasonmiller ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right! 😂😂😂 and Gabriel is immortal anyway lol

    • @xxxjordandangerouslyxxx
      @xxxjordandangerouslyxxx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jaasonmiller makes no sense for him to sacrifice his self at all

  • @georgedo6825
    @georgedo6825 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “Rescinding order 666 😂😂😂” love the reference

  • @Deppie_____
    @Deppie_____ ปีที่แล้ว +567

    This movie always kinda stood out to me as impressive. It was a very different idea than other films I have seen and the disturbing parts certainly stuck. Is it based on a book?

    • @themostmagicskeleton273
      @themostmagicskeleton273 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      The Bible

    • @0xACAB
      @0xACAB ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@themostmagicskeleton273 lmao, that's both debatable and funny.

    • @AzureRoxe
      @AzureRoxe ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@0xACAB I mean, it's not debatable that it's based on Biblical text when said text does exist.

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AzureRoxe isn't it supposed 2 b the end of the world when the messiah is reborn? So wouldn't the end technically be coming after the birth of this child?

    • @ChillAssTurtle
      @ChillAssTurtle ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@TheRealBatCave the messiah is gonna save you.. from your own life by ending it lol

  • @chromacypher8409
    @chromacypher8409 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The tv spinoff was insane to me. It was good, and could have used a couple more seasons to expand, but followed through with the baby, as an adult dealing with angels still trying to destroy mankind.

    • @ednab.9001
      @ednab.9001 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I need to see the spin-off, I love these types of movies and shows. I saw the one on Netflix I think

    • @chromacypher8409
      @chromacypher8409 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ednab.9001 Dominion was prettygood

  • @Ozzy32195
    @Ozzy32195 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ah man I haven't seen this since around the time it came out, but I definitely enjoyed it! Thanks for covering it!

  • @rafiyumahmood2446
    @rafiyumahmood2446 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Paul Bettany stars in such great movies. This and Priest was the standout dystopian movies that I loved as a kid!

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    On a $25 million dollar budget, it made $70 million dollars at the box office.

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Unfortunately profit isn’t always enough to green light a sequel.

  • @Left4Deadluver
    @Left4Deadluver ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ive gotta say FCE this might be my favorite video you’ve done so far! I loved how you incorporated scenes from Noah. Im definitely looking forward to any future uploads! Also an awesome explained video would be Attack the Block (2011). As John Boyega is returning to do the sequel more than 10 years later

  • @defaultusername123
    @defaultusername123 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This movie always stuck with me. Wish other movies weren’t afraid to at least try to make a bigger narrative like this movie. So many good actors

  • @Daa_Black_Rainbow
    @Daa_Black_Rainbow ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Meanwhile in Hell, Lucifer is just chilling (ironically and/or literally depending on the iteration)

    • @normandy2501
      @normandy2501 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or sat in his bar polishing a glass to pass the millenia

    • @jesuspabon5238
      @jesuspabon5238 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was too busy dealing with a certain cup

    • @bobcatbix
      @bobcatbix ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or working a job at mcdonalds

  • @ericokonkwo7771
    @ericokonkwo7771 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Imagine Gabiel and Michael in their FULL Angel Combat Forms vs. Gabiel and Lucifer from the Constantine 2005 film, interesting Fight/Battle. Also, I wonder what this films version of Lucifer and Valek was doing while God was sending his Angels to kill Mankind, interesting concept!

    • @TheIcarusFalls
      @TheIcarusFalls ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would say Luci was chilling with a bowl of popcorn watching the festivities, but he was probably very busy seeing as millions of souls were being sent his way quicker than Amazon Prime deliveries. That's a lot of accommodations to make on very short notice.

    • @erinbibb
      @erinbibb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael and Gabriel in the battle form was awesome. The wings and armor was badass. Probably my favorite part of the whole movie.

  • @sgt.slaughter8170
    @sgt.slaughter8170 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The ice cream man freaked me out. Very well done. Best part of the movie IMO.

  • @xackk9198
    @xackk9198 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Niyat! Please do a video series on Asmodeus (Tobi) from the Paranormal Activity series! I just finished watching all of them, and really thought the fact that Tobi is a crucial plot point in all of the movies, and a really sinister force that would make for a great FCE video since he connects all the movies together :) Love ALL your work! Always enjoy watching each new video you post!

  • @longhairgetinthere
    @longhairgetinthere ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Omg....the notification I have been waiting for. One of my favorite movies of all time. And the series on Syfy was pretty cool 😎. Thank you Nyatt 💙

  • @noblegalifreyan4551
    @noblegalifreyan4551 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This is probably the closest we'll see of a Shin Megami Tensei western interpretation

  • @starkilr101
    @starkilr101 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was the film that introduced me to Paul Bettany. To this day, I still love it

  • @TheUncleRuckus
    @TheUncleRuckus ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Okay so God did call back the angels, that was the part that always confused me bc it's never explicitly said in the movie that God cancelled the apocalypse so I always wondered what was up with the ending.

    • @thepolarianempire
      @thepolarianempire ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In the tv show many of the angels disobeyed god and remained on earth to kill everything

    • @shadowlessday2573
      @shadowlessday2573 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thepolarianempire there’s a TV show??

    • @sneakyrodent1853
      @sneakyrodent1853 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@shadowlessday2573 the series was called Dominion and was set some years after this film.

    • @shadowlessday2573
      @shadowlessday2573 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sneakyrodent1853 oh thanks!

    • @captainbirch2.079
      @captainbirch2.079 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My interpretation of the story is that God never actually wanted to wipe out humanity, it was all a test. All the angels failed the test, except Michael, who understood that this extermination directly contradicted everything he knew about God

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Dennis Quaid, Adrienne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Bettany, Jon Tenney, Lucas Black, Kate Walsh and Kevin Durand star in this fantasy action horror film.

    • @jscar06
      @jscar06 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please don't forget the outstanding Doug Jones. Even if his scene is very short, he made the thumbnail. 😁

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This movie tackles the idea that Jesus’ crucifixion was pointless.

  • @SuperEagle112
    @SuperEagle112 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I feel like this movie had so much potential. And some really cool/creepy parts. The Archangel with metal wings and spinning mace was really dope. The demon kid was creepy as hell. Paul Bettany is great always.
    The biggest disappointment was the ice cream man “boss fight” was literally ended with a short burst from an M4…. I guess it’s cool that even angel/demon possessed humans can get clapped by a three shot burst.

  • @javiespinoza6460
    @javiespinoza6460 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way you ended it. Made me want a part 2 of the movie. Great video.

  • @CeeDoubleU
    @CeeDoubleU ปีที่แล้ว +6

    *creates humanity with free will*
    *becomes murderously enraged when humanity uses said free will*

  • @redneckangel6494
    @redneckangel6494 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    While Grandma is a scary part of the movie, the Ice Cream Man is what gave me nightmares, lol.

  • @The053199
    @The053199 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember seeing this movie all the time on dish and I loved that it was actually super eerie. Priest was another paul bettany movie that I watched so many times.

  • @blizzardfog9501
    @blizzardfog9501 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This story is actually good use of when a creator is good or evil wants to get rid of something that he created, instead of destroying it themselves they send their army to do it for them because it somewhat to not carry a form of guilt to their shoulders

    • @AnthonyNunez2111
      @AnthonyNunez2111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      God doesn’t have guilt. He doesn’t make mistakes. He is eternally perfect. He has no fault. A perfect being that knows all knew all this would happen. That’s why it’s a test. The Angels, like ourselves have free will. They’re not slaves. They serve the Lord because they WANT to. They love Him about all else. That’s why The situation with Michael saying He knows His heart because God created his heart hits deep.

  • @beastieman4207
    @beastieman4207 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    one of my fav movies I’ve watched thx for reviewing this my dude🙌

  • @natto4now
    @natto4now ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I feel like this movie was supposed to be a franchise

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah we need to at least see the sequel and the second coming of Christ!

  • @strayvolf64
    @strayvolf64 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Percy and Kyle's conversation on the roof was awsome. My favorite part of the movie

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich4636 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best movies I know. A Psychological Thriller more than a horror movie. Excellent cast of well known actors all of whom are on a roller coaster of woe and terror.

  • @CALL0US.
    @CALL0US. ปีที่แล้ว +41

    You’re deep dives ALWAYS makes me want to rewatch and re experience Films & comics 😉

  • @brunohommerding3416
    @brunohommerding3416 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I wonder if in this universe God took Lucifer back to his side? Like "fine i guess you have a point". It would have been interesting to see how that relationship played out in this scenario

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The thing is Lucifer is happy where he is. As John Milton put it in Paradise Lost, Satan would simply say - “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven”

    • @brunohommerding3416
      @brunohommerding3416 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@filmcomicsexplained Yeah i guess it makes sense, but it would be nice to see this adressed even in passing here.

    • @TheCrusaderJohns
      @TheCrusaderJohns ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@filmcomicsexplained satan doesn't in reign in hell but rots in a caged on a chain after the second coming, Jesus has the key to hell and death, plus the devil is considered the god of the world (new testament) plus book of Job the devil wonders around the earth

    • @RayValdezPhotography
      @RayValdezPhotography ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@TheCrusaderJohns how do you know. you talked to him?

    • @Theakritas_
      @Theakritas_ ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@RayValdezPhotography theology.

  • @carloshotrod1302
    @carloshotrod1302 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been a long time. The Quality and breakdowns awesome

  • @Arcideeznuts
    @Arcideeznuts ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I definitely loved the costumes for Michael and Gabriel in this movie. As a kid I always imagined that’s what angels would look like.

    • @piterpraker3399
      @piterpraker3399 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always thought that angels would be made out of intense fire, like staring at the sun until your vision gets after-images - except it's your mind.

  • @sirsavagethe21st56
    @sirsavagethe21st56 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I wish this movie had a sequel

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      same

    • @HandsomeLad69
      @HandsomeLad69 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They’re was a tv show on Syfy

    • @bradleys8649
      @bradleys8649 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There was a series called "Dominion" in 2014 which took place 20 years after the story of this movie but it got cancelled after 1 or 2 seasons. None of the surviving character's actors were in the show, but they were planning to show Lucifer Morningstar and God in future seasons if it continued.

    • @alexmaurice4274
      @alexmaurice4274 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bradleys8649 wait Lucifer was gonna be in it willdd

    • @bradleys8649
      @bradleys8649 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexmaurice4274 Yeah they were setting up for Lucifer to be an Antagonist scheming things and possibly Gabriel working with him. They were seemingly going to include God himself to appear to aid Michael's quest.

  • @GGTaino
    @GGTaino ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I used to always watch this movie every time it came up

  • @dafulegend5905
    @dafulegend5905 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That really long ice cream man is the star of the show imo. He’s always the first thing that comes to my mind when I see this movie. 😂

    • @charliebrown3579
      @charliebrown3579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That entity reminds me of the skin walker affect that can be on all fours or 2 legs.

  • @MichaelHarto
    @MichaelHarto ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In my imagination, an angelic possession would look more like an AI clone going rogue. An emotionless machine chasing you down. But this time, you have nowhere to hide.

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 ปีที่แล้ว

      So terminator?

    • @MichaelHarto
      @MichaelHarto ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jameson1239 you can hide from a terminator, but not angels..

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks for another fantastic video!😎👍👍

  • @SulphurFoxx
    @SulphurFoxx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I could not help but both face palm and laugh at that "Spider Nan" pun

  • @jeffwood7642
    @jeffwood7642 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ive watched this movie about 10 times and when Michael tells Jeeb that its people like him is why he wont give up on humanity always gets me. We need more Jeebs in this world.

  • @sonofagreatsouthernland
    @sonofagreatsouthernland ปีที่แล้ว

    An alternate styled end of days flick that's quiet enjoyable to watch. Good review Niyat!

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for bringing this movie back to my attention.

  • @enjolireyes643
    @enjolireyes643 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This movie was dark but a stark reason for believers in God to question, "What would we do if He turns His back on us?"

    • @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement
      @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What makes you think God hasn't done so already?

    • @TheCrusaderJohns
      @TheCrusaderJohns ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Cuz His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting there's no end, the problem with the world is full vain pride, selfishness, and others vanities, God will never forsake a child(person that doesn't really understand right or wrong) who doesn't know Him yet, God just wants you to come home to Heaven, and God takes no pleasure in seeing the wicked dying, He wants all mankind to repent and enter Heaven, that's why He sent His Son to carry all your sins and sacrifice Himself for you

    • @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement
      @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheCrusaderJohns
      Everlasting mercy huh?
      Where was that everlasting mercy back in Eden? God effectively set Adam and Eve up for a self fulfilled failure scenario, especially by allowing the snake to act with impunity.
      What about the time when God brutally ripped and tore away everything Jobe had in his life, just to win a bet against the Devil?
      Or what about the Time God told Abraham to literally take his own son to a mountain summit and ritualistically sacrifice him in the name loyalty?
      'God created humanity in their own image.' By the logic of that statement, God is the reason for our pride, greed and sin for God imposed such glaring flaws upon us.
      With all that in mind, let's not forget the fact that Jesus was conceived by God LITERALLY CUCKING HIS MOTHER.
      Yeah, real merciful. Lmao.

    • @unclestarz8792
      @unclestarz8792 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement I wish you good luck in the afterlife bro

    • @Lurkai
      @Lurkai ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement when you attempt to understand or question the concept of a being who quite literally exist in all times, all the time, youll find your answer to most likely be pretty, lack luster.
      I think of Prometheus, when David asked Charlie "why do think your people made me?"..."we made you cause we could"... "can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you, to hear the same thing from your creator?"
      If i ask "god" why they didnt help out during any hard times i guarantee the answer would be "cause you have all the capacity to help yourselves"

  • @thefurrybastard1964
    @thefurrybastard1964 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think that when Michael climbed out of the police cruiser, the words "To Protect and Serve" were deliberately shown.

  • @mandlantsibande6787
    @mandlantsibande6787 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is by far the best recap channel on TH-cam

  • @phoenixdarkmoon8040
    @phoenixdarkmoon8040 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish Dominion hadn't been cancelled because I always wanted to know what Lucifer thought of God essentially deciding he was right all along. What demons were doing since Angels had essentially taken over their jobs, etc.

  • @aryah66
    @aryah66 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved this movie! That screenshot of the Messiah baby is utterly terrifying lol 😆

  • @countps
    @countps ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have loved if there was a sequel to this. Good vid dude.

  • @Heiko170
    @Heiko170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the way you make the movies so enthralling

  • @MrShisuto
    @MrShisuto ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I found this movie to be pretty entertaining and Paul Bettany is always great, so its a win-win. Any chance you could also do Priest? Would love a video on that.

  • @religiousotaku9926
    @religiousotaku9926 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This movie is still one of my favorite “horror?” Movies just due to the idea of it. Plus Paul Bethany is a badass like always

  • @hanna23ish
    @hanna23ish ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Now show me dem teeth” will assuredly always stick with me but when he explains to Jeep how he too had a dream of needing to move out yonder to open PF, not understanding why but understanding that’s what he had to do…it was for this moment in time.
    I love this movie.

  • @TheRustedShackleford
    @TheRustedShackleford ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such an underrated movie
    I still love convincing friends to watch it all these years later.

  • @tembodiaz
    @tembodiaz ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Definitely gonna check out this movie!!!

  • @randall-thehorrorwriter
    @randall-thehorrorwriter ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'd love to see you cover Brotherhood of the Wolf, it's an epic movie loosely based on The Beast of Gevaudan a legend of a monster in 18th century France. It's got pretty much everything a Monster, a Hunter, a Whore House, Secret Spies, a Government Cult, Incest oh and Kung Fu. One of my all-time favorites. Even if you don't cover it the movie would still be a good watch just for your enjoyment.

    • @jedironin380
      @jedironin380 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent movie! 👍

    • @lucre113
      @lucre113 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ll have to watch that lol

    • @rmh_223
      @rmh_223 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh incest great just the genre I was looking for

    • @lbsummer7921
      @lbsummer7921 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brotherhood of the Wolf is such an AWESOME movie!!!!!! Never got the credit it deserved.

    • @nikkolodian9517
      @nikkolodian9517 ปีที่แล้ว

      Add Monica Belluci too

  • @Poineapples
    @Poineapples ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw this movie on TV with my family when I was really young, loved it since. This and Mist are great.

  • @chuck11duck64
    @chuck11duck64 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That old lady crawling on the wall HAUNTED me as a child

  • @lennyface8195
    @lennyface8195 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was only 11 or 12 when this movie came out; time flies, man.

  • @crnlonewolf3195
    @crnlonewolf3195 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The ice cream guy still freaks me out but I wished they didn’t kill him off so easy

  • @earloverbay7580
    @earloverbay7580 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job explaining this clearly underated film. NICE 👍

  • @jscar06
    @jscar06 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great movie! Thank you for making Doug Jones the thumbnail. He's simply fantastic.

  • @carolynallisee2463
    @carolynallisee2463 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A fun bit of trivia for you: the guy who plays Gabriel is Kevin Durand, who was the Goa'uld Zipacna in Stargate SG-1!

  • @himynameis3664
    @himynameis3664 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It'd be cool to see a movie set in this universe, where the apocalypse is going on in a city at the same time these events are taking place.

  • @Jordan-or8wu
    @Jordan-or8wu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that youtube puts an ad right at the two scariest parts of the movie

    • @crazyjoeshorts5256
      @crazyjoeshorts5256 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do that a lot. My favorite ad drops are the ones that happen during meme compilations. My brain sometimes tries to turn the ad into a meme before I realized what happened. At least commercials in the TV Era had the good sense to come at reasonable times. Ads now are so abrupt.

  • @bernardopena1601
    @bernardopena1601 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember watching it in theaters back in 2010. Was confused, but liked it. I'm surprised many don't talk about it much.

  • @raulhernandez-aleman9190
    @raulhernandez-aleman9190 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Iove the part when Gabriel arrives 🙌

  • @tobybigham4196
    @tobybigham4196 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Legion was a very well made movie. I had high hopes for sequels, and I will admit I liked the series even though it died too early.

  • @LILPPGOON
    @LILPPGOON ปีที่แล้ว

    great review! one of my favorite movies

  • @fierypandaofdoom
    @fierypandaofdoom ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm sad that the tv show Dominion that was based on this movie never gained enough popularity to keep going, it's such a good premise.