Nothing says day after Valentine's Day quite like a movie with killer angels...with machine guns!!
Paul Bettany stars as Michael, an angel of Heaven, who decides to defy God's wish to bring about the extinction of humanity..
While God has lost faith in man, Michael still sees hope. So in direct defiance he sets off for Earth to help prove that man still has some worth left.
His journey on Earth leads him to Paradise, a gas station in the middle of nowhere. There he makes a last stand against Gabriel (Kevin Durand) and the armies of Heaven.
Michael seems fixated on making sure that pregnant single mother Charlie (Adrianne Palicki) delivers and her baby survives. Apparently her child is the key to humanities salvation. Is he right? Are we worth saving?
Stranded with them in "Paradise" is the owner Bob Hanson (Denis Quaid) his son Jeep (Lucas Black)their cook/partner Percy Walker (Charles S. Dutton) a traveling family (including the Closer's Jon Tenney) and Tyrese Gibson playing the ever present street tough bad ass.
As action movies go this one is about as predictable as they come. But, it tries to put forth a message without being preachy. Which, if your going to throw out an overt religious message in an over the top action movie..is really the only way to go!
Paul Bettany makes a damn fine action star and I am looking forward to his turn in Priest due out later this year. I don't think he has done a movie so far that I haven't liked. Fans of Lost will recognize Kevin Durand (Gabriel) who played an equally as intense Martin Keamy on that show. He'll also appear in Real Steel later this year along side Hugh Jackman.
For me, this movie has the three things tat I look for: 1) a solid cast 2) great action scenes 3) a better than average script.
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