Neville; a brilliant scientist and a survivor of a man-made plague that transforms humans into bloodthirsty mutants, knows he is completely outnumbered and the odds are against him, and all the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.
24 August 1978, California, USA
22 June 1966, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
30 March 1962, Lansing, Michigan, USA
6 August 1972
12 May 1962, Lakeland, Florida, USA
16 August 1994, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
23 November 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 February 1949, Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
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.
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.
October 18, 2008
Smith turns in a terrific performance, nailing Neville's angst while allowing room for humor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
