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I Am Legend (2007)

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Reviews Counted:204

Fresh:140

Rotten:64

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: I Am Legend overcomes questionable special effects and succeeds largely on the strength of Will Smith's mesmerizing performance.

Australian Rating: M [See Full Rating] Moderate horror violence and themes

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 3, 2008 Wide

US Box Office: $256,339,571

Synopsis: Will Smith is Robert Neville, the lone survivor in a New York City where streets are overgrown and deer gambol among deserted automobiles. Following an epidemic, the Earth's population has been... Will Smith is Robert Neville, the lone survivor in a New York City where streets are overgrown and deer gambol among deserted automobiles. Following an epidemic, the Earth's population has been turned into an army of nocturnal zombies. Immune to the virus, military scientist Neville searches for a cure in his Washington Square townhouse. Haunted by visions of his family leaving quarantined Manhattan two years prior, he drives through the city with his German Shepherd, Sam, by day and barricades his home from the monsters nightly. But when Anna (Alice Braga)--another immune stranger-finds him, they will have to fight the onslaught twice as hard. Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich's emotionally-charged script showcases the charisma of Smith, who commands the screen alone for most of the picture (aside Abbey, a talented German Shepherd). Director Francis Lawrence (CONSTANTINE) uses music minimally, wisely allowing the eerie cityscapes to remain mostly silent. The set pieces, including an overgrown, deserted Times Square and a lion hunting a deer in the Flatrion District, are goosebump-inducing moments of stark beauty. Though some may question the rendering of the monsters in CGI instead of using actors, it does allow them to be frighteningly acrobatic. A chilling and effective adaptation of a horror classic, I AM LEGEND is also a thought-provoking piece of Hollywood filmmaking. [More]

Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan

Director: Francis Lawrence

Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenwriter: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, David Heyman, Neal Moritz
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It is absolutely gripping in its vision of how lonely it would be to be the last man on Earth. It's absolutely dull in almost every other respect.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
02/01/08
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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The end result is an eerie, creepy, doomsday-laden film with plenty of thrills %u2013 and for anyone so inclined, a smattering of metaphors that pass comment on the human condition.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/19/07
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Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
10/18/08
Reel.com

The actor’s natural charisma carries the movie in I Am Legend, a film in which Smith is left talking to himself most of the time.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
12/28/07
Sun Online

In spite of its third-act collapse into obviousness and sentimentality, I Am Legend is among Will Smith's better movies.

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12/13/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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What we have here is about two-thirds great and one-third awful, and in that order.

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12/13/07
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
eye WEEKLY

With "I Am Legend," Will Smith has accomplished what Tom Hanks did back in 2000: Effectively star in a movie that involves very little interaction with other human counterparts.

Full Review Source: Watertown Daily Times | comment 2 Comments
05/20/08
Adam Tobias
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times

Whether he’s attempting to maintain his sense of bravado or glimpsing his complete and total despair, Smith nails the character brilliantly.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment 1 Comment
12/12/07
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

Lawrence's direction is patient, solid and suspenseful, and his vision of a lone fellow wandering through the atavistic hulk of Manhattan yields an indelible portrait of post-cataclysmic solitude.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
12/14/07
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle

if not a classic, at least memorable as it aspires, but doesn't quite succeed, in being more than just a horror flick as mindless as the roving mutants it showcases

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
12/13/07
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

A largely terrific, meanly gripping movie ... nearly upended by the use of some noticeably lousy CGI effects. Ditch the computers, slather some greasepaint on some extras, and we'd be talking a minor classic.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
12/12/07
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

... does its job very well: we jump, we cringe, we even weep. Sometimes it goes just a little beyond the predictable as well.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
12/21/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

The stunning set pieces (the production cleared and dressed the streets of New York for every outdoor scene) serve as the backdrop to Smith’s rending performance as a man struggling against guilt, hope, and God.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/14/07
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine

Bold, and successfully maintains suspense.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
12/28/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

I Am Legend is a depressing experience. For everything it gets right, dozens of things go horribly, horribly wrong.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
12/13/07
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

Eerie and breathtakingly evocative, the solid I Am Legend nevertheless tries to be too many things to too many people, weighed down with cheap horror-film shock effects and barely passable CGI, instead of trusting in its legitimately captivating

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Fits comfortably among a spate of recent films -inclusive of dramas, thrillers, action pictures and anxiety-infused comedies -which all can be boiled down to: we are lost.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
12/15/07
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
FilmStew.com

Scary, thought-provoking, jump-in-your seat suspenseful, it conjures up a 'Cast Away' meets 'Dawn of the Dead' concoction full of simultaneous solitude and nightmares.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
01/02/08
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Smith turns in a terrific performance, nailing Neville's angst while allowing room for humor.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment 1 Comment
10/18/08
Calvin Wilson
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It doesn't serve I Am Legend to give you too much time to think. Better when it's galloping forward at top speed, dodging caribou and translucent zombies and putting the dog in peril.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment 1 Comment
12/14/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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December 08, 2008: Will Smith Outlines "Fantastic Prequel Idea" for I Am Legend Opens in new window
Never mind all that stuff about the next "I Am Legend" movie being a sequel -- Will Smith gave the straight scoop to Collider recently, and outlined his ideas for the "Legend"... More...

November 25, 2008: A Sequel for I Am Legend? Opens in new window
It's utterly unverified, but AICN has started a rumor that the upcoming "I Am Legend" prequel may not be a prequel at all, but will instead pick up the story of Will Smith's... More...

September 25, 2008: Will Smith Is Still Legend Opens in new window
Warner Bros. is moving ahead with its rumored "I Am Legend" prequel, and has hired D.B. Weiss to write a script based on an outline by Will Smith, Francis Lawrence, Akiva... More...

July 28, 2008: Weekly Ketchup: TRON, I Am Legend, Hercules, Red Sonja, And More
In this special edition Weekly Ketchup, the sequels, prequels and comic book heroes keep coming, as we have the latest from Comic Con. More...

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