I am Legend
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor, military scientist Robert Neville, in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
18 February 1949, Seattle, Washington, USA
18 May 1983, Haiti
11 December 1937, Columbus, Ohio, USA
21 April 1965, San Jose, California, USA
7 January 1957, Arlington, Virginia, USA
15 April 1983, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
30 December 1972, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
26 October 2004, New York City, New York, USA
28 November 1979, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
July 30, 2009
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.
October 18, 2008
When they do, banging their heads against plate glass as movie zombies always do, I started needing something else to think about.
December 28, 2007
You're left gawping at $100 million-worth of eye-popping futuristic B-movie.
April 23, 2009
This is no graphic shoot-'em-up but an intelligent, if sometimes sentimental, exploration of human decency and responsibility that ponders the limits of rationality and faith.
July 14, 2011
It's a better-than-average blockbuster, which sweeps around some large ideas and interesting themes, but never delves for long enough to make this film a true classic.
October 18, 2008
Smith turns in a terrific performance, nailing Neville's angst while allowing room for humor.
March 31, 2008
I wouldn't dream of giving away the ending, but it's not likely to satisfy either the action crowd or Matheson fans.
August 27, 2009
Inevitably, ideas give way to special-effects
October 18, 2008
Smith still manages to find something touching and occasionally even tragic in the character.
January 04, 2008
So often, sci-fi is overproduced, but I Am Legend doesn't look like a CGI extravaganza. It looks like an edgy suspense movie shot on the fly in New York City after the fall. And because of that, it's all the more effective.
January 27, 2009
There are some good points, but there are too many ineffectual aspects that keep I Am Legend from being the sophisticated film it was clearly meant to be.
January 04, 2008
I Am Legend is a grenade that goes off when least expected. It has more horror than heart, but it is never boring.
