SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Legacy: Black Ops is a good one. Like so many indie products, it has been marketed to look like an action flick for DVD, but the truth is something more akin to a psycho – political thriller. Clearly influenced by both the Bourne films and Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate, it reins the intrigue in somewhat for an intimate, starkly paced look at one man who is on the brink of losing both his mind and memories in the wake of a special ops mission gone awry. Idris Elba gives a mini powerhouse as Malcolm Grey, a battle scarred veteran who has isolated himself in a drab motel room, ruminating on a calamitous outing with his fellow squad members to find and take out eastern European extremist Salenko (Julian Wadham). Whatever went wrong sent a chain reaction down the ranks and left them divided in years to come, but we are only treated to unreliable fragments of these events, reflected through the prism of Malcom's broken mind. He receives visits from his squad mates, but are they really there, or yet another illusion dreamt up to avert his gaze from the truth? Character actor Richard Brake is O'Keefe, his longtime friend and second in command, providing sympathy and solid support during the mission we see unfold in hectic flashbacks. Adjacent to this plot is the political rise of Malcom's brother Darnell (Eamonn Walker) riding the wave of an election that will put him in a seat of immense power, but one wonders how he's connected to Malcolm and his past? How indeed. It's confusing to say the least, but never trips over its own ambitions, sewing threads of concise cause and effect throughout it's story, which is emotionally downbeat and melancholic in nature, a stylistic choice that really works in the film's favour. If you're willing to sit, absorb and meditate on a slow burner of a tale that feeds you pieces of the puzzle bit by bit, with almost zero action to be found, have at 'er. I enjoyed it immensely.

Sandra Monteiro I was very lucky to have seen it at the Tribeca film festival in London. Not a bad film, a good start for a young man writer/producer Thomas Ikimi. A great choice of talented actors. Idris gave a unique and brilliant performance and so did the other actors. Thomas comes across as a very hard working man who deserves a break, knowing how he had to get the funds for this film, it wasn't easy but it was worth it and this is only the beginning for this man.This film would be great as a play too, don't know if it would happen now and would it be the same actors but i could imagine it at a theatre.A psychological drama worth watching, and look forward to see more projects from this very talented man.

goddessurgent Idris Elba is a brilliant actor, who has truly shown his amazing acting skills in Legacy. I was very impressed and blown away with your role as Malcolm Grey. The way you capture me in as if I was right there in the room with you. I laugh cried and wish I could have made it all better. Again you're very talented actor indeed. I wish you much success with your career. Thomas Ikimi wrote an excellent script. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future. I was disappointed that AMC Loews Jersey Garden 20 in Elizabeth, NJ did not have one poster of the movie Legacy in the theater. One would have not known Legacy was playing until it was time to purchase their tickets.

adam-692-625704 I went to Scotland to visit my girlfriends family, her sister gave her tickets to the closing gala night of the Glasgow film festival. Id never heard of Legacy or the director, who seemed to be a bit of a celebrity. I've seen Idris Elba in RocknRolla and The Office but didn't know his name. The films poster hasn't got any pictures of the caste on it, just a really cool painting of a lit fusewire running through a maze to a bomb in a brain. In any case i was happy to see that Elba was in the movie, but the rest of the caste was a bit weak. Elba held that movie from start to finish. I've got to say that i was a bit lost from after Malcolm Gray made it to New York, so after the first 20 minutes. I just don't understand what really happened with his comrades - dead or alive, was the lawyer really there, what is the significance of the pizza and was that assassin real, but what a wicked fight scene saw juijitsu, wing chun and some kali in that, mad attention to detail. Did he really do that to his fiancé. I was engrossed every minute. It was cool the way it was so slow moving but giving you bits of info each time. Am i stupid or was everyone as confused as me. I would have gone to the cinema again the next day but they only showed it for the one night. Somebody please message me and let me know when its coming out in the States. This is not the kind of movie i would watch on a cinema unless its possible to watch it again straight after.