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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: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Dec 14, 2007 Wide

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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May 15, 2009

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I love movies where survivors have to find supplies. You give me two hours of Will Smith alone gathering supplies, that's all I could ever hope for. I Am Legend gave me even more. It is the best survival movie ever made.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
12/16/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

Before the diseased-yet-oddly superhuman villains start to appear en masse, I Am Legend works surprisingly well. Then they do.

Full Review Source: FEARnet | comment Comment
12/16/07
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet

Smith is given the opportunity to explore every emotion and he does them all admirably. I must also give credit to Sam the dog, Robert's only real companion. Not since Wilson the volleyball ... in "CastAway," has a non-speaking character meant so much to

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/15/07
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

As good as the action scenes are, the humanity in [Will] Smith's performance is most responsible for I Am Legend's success.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
12/15/07
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Solitary and suspenseful, it's the scary of which nightmares are made.

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
12/15/07
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

The last man on Earth screams there is no God and has a dog who will not obey his commands.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment 54 Comments
12/15/07
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

The ending feels like M. Night Shyamalan gone all wrong adapting Stephen King. Still Will Smith gives a solid performance and Sam is sure to become legend among Hollywood canines.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment 1 Comment
12/15/07
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Will Smith carries the day... and the movie.

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment 1 Comment
12/15/07
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

The incredible amount of buildup and excitement of the first half ends up driving us down the road to disappointment.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/15/07
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro
Film Threat

This new version of I am Legend completely perverts the meaning of the title, losing the clever, dark irony and turning it instead into something heroic rather than something tragic.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment 15 Comments
12/15/07
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

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

Each successive development in the increasingly ludicrous narrative saps a little more of the goodwill engendered by the early scenes.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
12/14/07
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

For about three quarters of its running time, I was thinking this could be one of the very best movies of the year.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
12/14/07
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

In the infantile prioritizing that occurs when Hollywood wants to be 'inspirational,' the hero's Everyman crisis of religious faith is supposed to be as important to audiences as his struggle to save humanity from extinction.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment 8 Comments
12/14/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The herky-jerky script, by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman, favors vignettes and set pieces over dramatic development, and those damned zombies are everywhere, overwhelming the proceedings with their slobbering and howling.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment Comment
12/14/07
Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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I Am Legend is a blockbuster like no other, one that finds its grandness in modesty. It's a star vehicle with a star who knows his place in the universe.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
12/14/07
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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The pulp ironies grow so crude and deafening that despite its scattered virtues, I Am Legend leaves you emotionally parched and aesthetically ticked-off.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
12/14/07
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

I Am Legend is actually about the last man on earth played by one of the last real movie stars on earth.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/14/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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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

The movie works well while it's running, although it raises questions that later only mutate in our minds.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 21 Comments
12/14/07
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-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
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