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.
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... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Director: Francis Lawrence
Reviews for I Am Legend
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Smith still manages to find something touching and occasionally even tragic in the character. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
Bold, and successfully maintains suspense. Full Review |
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first-time feature director Francis Lawrence deserves an ovation for his scene-setting and early scare count. Full Review |
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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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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4/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
Despite stunning visuals, it is a B-movie. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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You’re left gawping at $100 million-worth of eye-popping futuristic B-movie. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
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 |
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3/5 |
I Am Legend sees Smith deliver a surprisingly moving performance as he wanders empty New York streets going slowly ga-ga. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The demands of 21st century Hollywood strain the story. It's big and exciting, but not very smart. Full Review |
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Inevitably, ideas give way to special-effects Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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 |
CommentLatest News for I Am Legend
December 08, 2008:
Will Smith Outlines "Fantastic Prequel Idea" for I Am Legend 
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?
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
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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