Line #15 Film/Legion1998


1	A 1998 ActionHorror MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/JonHess set in 2036 that follows a team lead by Major Doyle (Creator/TerryFarrell) of death row prisoners being formed for a life and death mission.
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3	The movie also stars Creator/ParkerStevenson, Creator/CoreyFeldman, Music/RickSpringfield, Creator/TroyDonahue, Creator/AudieEngland, Creator/TrevorGoddard, Creator/RichmondArquette, and Creator/GretchenPalmer.
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5	It aired on April 18, 1998.
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8	!Tropes for the film:
9	* BoxedCrook: Doyle recruits a ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''-style team of death-row prisoners, only to find the enemy already dead on reaching their target. Turns out a SuperSoldier is being TestedOnHumans, and their superiors have set them up to be the test subjects.
10	* DoctorsDisgracefulDemotion: One of the team is a female MadDoctor who's a religious maniac.
11	-->'''Fleming:''' Jones, field MD. Served in a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment POW enemy]] hospital. Did unnecessary surgery on enemy soldiers, with lethal results. Eight died.\
12	'''Jones:''' I am a soldier of God. I just [[HearingVoices acted on command]]. The Angel of Death is my superior officer.
13	* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Aldrich, awaiting execution, overpowers his guards and bursts into a room waving a pistol, only to find Major Doyle waiting for him. Unsurprisingly, the gun is empty. "Good! I had to see if you still had the edge. Two years hard time can break any man's spirit." Aldrich lunges at him only to be disarmed and pistol-whipped by Doyle's aide.
14	* KangarooCourt: Aldrich is sentenced to death for desertion after he cancels a commando mission. Considering Flemming's view towards war, this sentence is a show trial. Also, the other convicts were sentenced to death for crimes such as going AWOL and computer hacking.
15	* LadiesAndGerms: The "ladies and gentlemen" line is delivered straight by Doyle, only for a prisoner to find this ActuallyPrettyFunny as "No one's ever called me a gentleman before." Doyle then addresses them as "scum", which is clearly his real opinion.
16	* LightswitchSurprise: After Aldrich overpowers his guards, he tries to hide in a dark room, only to find his former commanding officer Major Doyle there, who turns on the lights to reveal a line of handcuffed fellow prisoners.
17	* OneLastSmoke: Our introduction to Aldrich has him waiting in his cell on a [[PrisonShip Prison Spaceship]] for execution, smoking a cigarette. It's not a courtesy, as when the guards arrive to drag him off, they tell him there's [[HypocriticalHumor no smoking in the incineration chamber]] and order him to hand over his stash. He jabs the lit cigarette into the guard and tries to escape instead.
18	* OneWordTitle: '''Legion'''.
19	* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: Aldrich overpowers his guards and bursts into a darkened room waving a pistol. The room is empty as we hear a woman sniggering, "Is that a gun or is he just happy to see me?" The [[LightswitchSurprise lights then come on]] to reveal a row of male and female prisoners lined up waiting for him to join their ranks.
20	* RemoteVitalsMonitoring: The BoxedCrook soldiers are told they'll be wearing black box data recorders to evaluate their combat performance. "If you perform well, you'll get an honorable discharge." Turns out [[TestedOnHumans they're being set up as test subject opponents]] for a SuperSoldier, so their superiors have a different reason for monitoring them.
21	* SuperSoldier: The team full of death-row convicts are offered full pardons if they help take an enemy installation. They realize something is wrong when they find nothing but a pile of rotting bodies waiting for them. Then they start getting picked off one by one. It turns out that their entire mission was really a test of the military's prototype super soldier -- the titular "Legion", [[spoiler:who is actually one of the convicts who allowed himself to be a guinea pig to avoid execution]]. Legion was created by [[LegoGenetics integrating lizard DNA into his genetic makeup]] and can shapeshift into his original human form, adapt to environments inimical to humans, and boasts enhanced strength and agility.

Context Film / Legion1998