Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

bobwildhorror Another brain dead selection from the production company Asylum. LEGION OF THE DEAD attempts to mix mummy movie with sexploitation flick. The result, hardly a first, looks like an inferior remake of the much-maligned LIFEFORCE. This time, instead of a naked space-vampire chick that sucks the lifeforce out of entranced males, we get a naked mummy-vampire chick that sucks the lifeforce out of entranced males.Calling this movie a rip-off would be a compliment, however. It would ignore how really bad this film is. Unconvinced? Think about this: the best feature of the movie is the bad acting.So what are we left with? There's laughable CGI. A "legion of the dead" that amounts to a few badly made up mummies. An Egyptian tomb set that appears to have been made of cardboard (but perhaps that's how California's ancient Eyptians once constructed them). I kid you not, people. This tomb was discovered in the woods of Southern California. And don't make me start on the script. Please. I don't want to think about it in any kind of detail.Worst of all, I saw this damn thing on the Sci-Fi Channel, so the main reason for its existence (the nudity) was edited/blurred out.

Claudio Carvalho When an ancient Egyptian tomb is found in a North American park, a group of scientists and students of Egyptology arrive to the site to study the inscriptions. Meanwhile, the four thousand years old evil high-priestess Aneh-Tet (Claudia Lyns) awakes and seeks six offerings to revive her legion of mummies. Then she needs the blood of a virgin to bring her father back to life, become immortal and rule the world.I bought this DVD based on the name of Bruce Boxleitner and the wonderful art of the cover of the DVD. However, the story is very disappointing, and I particularly liked two scenes: the nudity of the gorgeous and sexy Claudia Lyns, and the funny line of Sheriff Jones, when he says to his skeptical assistant: "- Just because a chicken has wings doesn't mean it can fly." My vote is two.Title (Brazil): Not Available

slayrrr666 "Legion of the Dead" is a rather routine mummy with that's still entertaining.**SPOILERS**Arriving at the site of an important archaeological dig, Dr. Swatek, (Zach Galligan) and his students Molly, (Courtney Clonch) Carter, (Chad Collins) Justin, (Chase Hoyt) Axel, (Aaron David Thompson) Kara, (Amanda Ward) Linda, (Amy Clover) and Santos, (Patrick Thomassie) find that the site is an ancient Egyptian mummy buried in California. As Molly begins to translate the hieroglyphics in the tomb, she accidentally awakens an Egyptian Priestess, Aneh-Tet, (Claudia Lynx) and she sets off to bring her mummified army back to life. Finally catching on to what's going on, Molly and the rest of the students band together to stop her before this happens.The Good News: As far as mummy films go, this wasn't all that bad and was surprisingly decent. The fact that it goes against so many of the preconceived notions of what a mummy film is really about is nice departure. Instead of it being traditionally set in Egypt with the careless group entering the forbidden tomb despite being warned away from it by the superstitious natives, this one refreshing takes place in a really unlikely setting and removes some of the more traditional trappings associated with the genre. Borrowing a page from the original "Mummy," the lead mummy here isn't on-screen as the shambling pile of bandages but as a flesh-and-blood figure which is again a nice additional change from the norm of this genre. The change of sexes doesn't really mean that much, as it's a more male-centered type of story than those usually given to female-centered mummy films. Rather than having the daughter of the finder becoming possessed by the spirit of the mummy and then mayhem ensues, this one carries out as if the male is the gender, and then mayhem ensues. These little features give it a little more originality to it than most mummy films, and are a more than welcome addition. The mayhem carried out is nice and bloody, with some great kills. There's a spines being pulled out, a large selection of face melting, a heart pulled out, a head sliced with an ax and so on. The face-melting's look very impressive, and are a nice sight to see. There's some nice action spread around throughout as well. The best is when the resurrected mummies go on a rather over-the-top killing spree at the local motel and generally cause havoc. Another feature was the gnarly mummies munch flesh in good old zombie fashion with a nice addition of some cool blood licking in the finale. Also not hurting it in the slightest is that the head mummy spends the majority of the time topless or nude, and it's not a very bad thing that happens. It really keeps the interest up during the rather slow middle section.The Bad News: As decent as it is, there is still a few problems with it. It's a bit flat at times, especially in the middle. They waited too long to bring the mummies into the film. Mainly because the story is something you've seen before, you can figure out exactly where it's headed. There's really not a whole lot of new twists and turns and is pretty much played out pretty easily. The low budget eventually catches up with it as the jumbled climactic showdown can't help but give off that "we've run out of money so let's just wrap this up as quickly as possible" feel. It's over way to quickly to really feel completed and needed to be drawn out a little more.The Final Verdict: The fact that it's just a goofy B-movie should be taken into consideration here, and it's to be viewed as such. This isn't for those who want every film to be logical or even a rewarding experience, and is for those that can enjoy the silly nature behind it all.Rated R: Nudity, Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and brief drug use

jennifer24601 I saw this movie with friends, and we had good fun. We didn't expect to be scared to the bone but rather wanted something that would make us laugh and give us a couple of surprising moments. This movie hit the mark.I liked seeing Bruce Boxleitner and Zach Galligan after several years. They did a good job as did the females in the three main roles. The Egyptian woman did a good job making the language sound real. I liked having the sisters together and seeing how different they were.I could have done without the gore. Eww. And who names a girl Kevin? I thought she was more likable than the student chick. I would have made her the central character.But overall - it's a fun movie if you don't listen to the director's commentary.