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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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I don't know how well I Am Legend will hold up on repeat viewings, or over time -- but while it's happening, I Am Legend is a slick, scary, superbly made action/science fiction/horror film with a lot more art, heart and smarts than you'd expect.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
12/13/07
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Cinematical

It looks like poor old Richard Matheson will go to his grave without ever seeing a movie that does justice to his great 1954 novel, I Am Legend.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
12/13/07
Mark Rahner
Mark Rahner
Seattle Times

Director Francis Lawrence makes eerie, effective use of New York City locations drained of human activity, shooting them for maximum anxiety and agoraphobia.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
12/13/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Maybe not the most uplifting choice for a holiday flick, but Smith's riveting performance and tight action scenes make this a smart, gripping view of the end of the world.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/13/07
Chris Farnsworth
Chris Farnsworth
E! Online

Smith is, as always, a likable hero, and his unforced performance is definitely a saving grace.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
12/13/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

I liked it better when it was called 28 Days Later.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment 14 Comments
12/13/07
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The silence, the suspense, and Smith's accessible performance draw you in for some post-apocalyptic fun.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

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

comment Comment
12/13/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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The movie year's most expensive and ambitious sci-fi spectacular, I Am Legend, is three movies in one: a futuristic effects-o-rama, a zombie thriller and a survivalist parable. Each is better than average, and the experience is fairly gripping.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment 1 Comment
12/13/07
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Big Willie has no problem holding the screen. In fact, trouble enters only when the script overcomplicates things in the end. Until then, especially in a growling dogfight, director Francis Lawrence keeps you squirming.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
12/13/07
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

In the end, this is a sci-fi zombie movie, folks.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
12/13/07
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

Even weeks after having seen the film, I can still remember many of the nuances of Smith's performance - in my usual vortex of forgettable film screenings, this is rare indeed.

Full Review Source: Horror.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

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

Most everything in I Am Legend feels lifted from elsewhere.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/13/07
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday

I Am Legend is a wasted opportunity -- a rickety, weather-beaten framework around an otherwise strong central performance from Smith.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment 9 Comments
12/13/07
Eric Alt
Eric Alt
Premiere Magazine

The "Infected" here are no mere vampires or zombies, but outrageously super-powerful albino demons who'd make even the meanest Uruk-hai wet its tunic.

Full Review Source: ÜberCiné | comment Comment
12/13/07
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné

Smith goes deeper here than he ever has on screen to show us the desperation and devastation that are attacking the infratructure of his rational mind like the grass is overtaking the city streets.

Full Review Source: Beliefnet | comment Comment
12/13/07
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Beliefnet

It's almost as if the filmmakers wanted to say something about isolation, and loneliness, in the urban environment. Almost.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
12/13/07
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

A scary sci-fi story set in Manhattan in 2012 where a lone surviving scientist struggles to find a cure for the virus that has destroyed most of the human race.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment 1 Comment
12/13/07
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

I Am Legend is a frightening film. What gets under your skin, though, has nothing to do with the conventional horror elements.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com
 
 
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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
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