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I Am Legend

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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.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:26-12-2007

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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Smith still manages to find something touching and occasionally even tragic in the character.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/18/08
John Hazelton
John Hazelton
Screen International

Smith is a good deal better than Arnold might have been, and the dog is wonderful. Watch the first hour and see something a bit special.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment 2 Comments
12/28/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Bold, and successfully maintains suspense.

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

first-time feature director Francis Lawrence deserves an ovation for his scene-setting and early scare count.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
12/28/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

What started out so promisingly, a companion piece of sorts to Children of Men, disappears in a frenzy of screaming, head-banging, bloodiness - followed by totally unconvincing redemption.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
12/28/07
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph
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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

There is something a bit thin about the story, and just as in 28 Days Later, I find that digital, rage-filled zombies halve in dramatic interest with every second that passes.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 2 Comments
12/28/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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I Am Legend feels like a work in progress, the sort of movie you can bet will get the director’s cut treatment when it’s released on DVD. In the meantime, we have a film that doesn’t make sense and boasts dire special effects.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
12/28/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

The depiction of the eerily overgrown city is one of the first genuine and unobtrusive testaments to the groundbreaking power of computer-generated effects in years.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
12/28/07
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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Despite stunning visuals, it is a B-movie.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
12/28/07
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

A film that blends a blockbustery bluster with a gaunt apocalyptic sobriety to good effect that is only compromised by its latter stages.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/28/07
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film
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Though it fails to do justice to Matheson’s novel, /I Am Legend/ isn’t without merit, particularly in its stately, moody build-up. Unfortunately, the final act squanders the tension in favour of daft religious symbolism and silly CG zombies. Shame.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
12/28/07
Jayne Nelson
Jayne Nelson
Total Film

Issues of depth aside, this is as distracting an event movie as there’s been all year. But it’s the stuff of multiplex, not legend.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
12/28/07
Elliott Noble
Elliott Noble
Sky Movies

You’re left gawping at $100 million-worth of eye-popping futuristic B-movie.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/28/07
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out
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Enjoyable, impressively designed thriller with a strong performance by Will Smith, though it's let down by a disappointing ending and some dodgy effects work.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
12/27/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

While the sun shines, it’s a four-star thriller with a superb turn from Smith. When the moon rises, it’s a two-star horror cartoon with some of the worst FX we’ve seen all year. So, really, it has to average out at…

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/26/07
Dan Jolin
Dan Jolin
Empire Magazine
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I Am Legend sees Smith deliver a surprisingly moving performance as he wanders empty New York streets going slowly ga-ga.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/18/07
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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The demands of 21st century Hollywood strain the story. It's big and exciting, but not very smart.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/12/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Inevitably, ideas give way to special-effects

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

I Am Legend is three film genres for the price of one: Science Fiction, Action, and Horror, and while it's no classic in any one arena it remains edgy fun.

Full Review Source: GreenCine | comment Comment
07/30/09
Craig Phillips
Craig Phillips
GreenCine
 
 
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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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