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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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Instead of maintaining its edgy sense of constant discomfort, the movie is compelled to make Neville as fuzzily adorable and messianic as possible.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/13/07
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Even though Lawrence's film is an honorable attempt to bring more depth and meaning to the tale, ultimately he probably should have opted for more gore, less grief.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment 3 Comments
12/13/07
Lewis Beale
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

A very disappointing sci-fi snoozer.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
12/13/07
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

What starts off as a compelling drama descends into a stock B-grade horror flick with some of the worst big budget special effects of recent memory.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment 2 Comments
12/13/07
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

What we have here is about two-thirds great and one-third awful, and in that order.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
12/13/07
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
eye WEEKLY

A big part of the reason for this movie's nose dive around the one-hour mark is that, seen up close, the Infected just aren't that scary.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
12/13/07
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
Slate

One great big stinking pile of missed opportunity.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment 2 Comments
12/13/07
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

I Am Legend is carried for a long while on the strength of Smith's performance, but even he can carry it only so far.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
12/13/07
Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic

Intense, thoughtful thriller has some big scares.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
12/13/07
S. Jhoanna Robledo
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Common Sense Media

Director Francis Lawrence alternates cleverly among scenes of high tension, ferocious scares and moments that bring home Neville's feeling of abandonment and solitude.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
12/13/07
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

The only perspective you'll gain about being the last man on earth is that other cars never move and TV's always in reruns. Eerily similar.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

All the effort that went into the spectacle of destroying Manhattan in flashbacks could have been better spent on developing the claustrophobic, creepy present.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
12/13/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

Smith is worth watching; the movie is not.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment 8 Comments
12/13/07
Adam Graham
Adam Graham
Detroit News

The third act is where it finally, fatally trips itself up. A couple of key revelations seem like they are leading somewhere and suddenly, the film is over.

Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

[M]agnificently disturbing.... a masterful rendering of a city stripped of its soul...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
12/13/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

This can't-miss concept, in development for decades, was done first and done better in 28 Days Later.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment 1 Comment
12/13/07
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The popcorn elements are well handled, but what lingers is the sense of urban despair.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/13/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

If, as a movie, I Am Legend is less stylistically mind blowing and intellectually ambitious than last year’s Yuletide dystopia, Children of Men, it’s not far off.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/13/07
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Village Voice

And as for that ending... sigh. I guess two thirds of a great movie is better than nothing.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
12/13/07
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

The monsters ... look like cartoonish, drooling mannequins. It's like being chased through the Macy's men's department.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
12/13/07
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
 
 
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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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