DVD : I Am Legend (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007]

Rating: - GOOD movie!
this movie is great. will smith has a great performance and when I saw it in the cinema people were scared of the mutant people. Also i agree with david smith because the book I am legend was written way before 28 days later was so it isnt a rip off.

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Rating: - 28 Days Later rip off
You can't judge a movie's quality by its box-office take. Then again, you can't judge it by the hype and shameless plugging that precedes it either: It seems that if studios spend enough on advertising, marketing and other sneaky techniques, even the most terrible cinematic rubbish can be foisted onto the public consciousness as a "much-anticipated event." But every so often, the media blitz backfires, the loud advance trumpeting ends in a barely audible squawk, and an overhyped movie simply fizzles and is instantly forgotten.



This 28 Days Later rip-off from the untalented director of 'Constantine' (Keanu Reeves) is littered with plot holes and inconsistencies. Luckily, for the filmmakers at least, Smith's charisma is strong enough that you store these irregularities in the back of your mind. They don't resurface until you are away from the cinema, thinking about the movie or discussing it with others.


The first hour of the film is by far its strongest. It plays like a cross between 28 Days Later and One Man and His Dog. Smith, in a performance of stamina and subtlety that recalls that of Tom Hanks in Cast Away, wanders around an island that has become a wilderness. There's something childlike and silly in the way that he re-populates the city in his imagination, decking out his local video store with mannequins whom he hails and chats to as if they were old buddies and nothing had happened recently. This is when teh movie becomes silly.

And then, perhaps inevitably, the film goes to hell. The Infected become increasingly visible and what a non-fright they are: at best, hairless fast-moving creatures; at worst, like figures from some techno video a decade ago. The increasingly zombified picture also gets more cloyingly theological (a Brazilian woman, played by City of God's Alice Braga, and her child appear as if from nowhere), crashingly literal ("This is ground zero! This is my site!" he yells), and plain icky (riffs on how Bob Marley is a musical virologist whose rhythms and lyrics might heal humanity).

Meanwhile, the film is littered with scenes that make no sense. We see Neville sprinkling liquid outside his house, presumably the concentrated garlic of the book, although we're not told this. Elsewhere he's shown curled up to sleep in his bath (eh?) and then waking up in his bed. You may also wonder why he chose to hole up in a terraced house that Van Helsing couldn't even hope to defend.


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 an unconvincing redemption. I Am Legend is a disappointment, but one that cannot be laid at Smith's feet. He works very hard and gives a strong performance. Unfortunately, those creative minds responsible for making sure he had a coherent and plausible story to work with let him down.

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Rating: - alternative ending version
the version in the cinemas was poor i suggest getting the dvd with the alternate ending as it has been getting better reviews then its original release version.

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Rating: - Not as good as it could have been
Was very disappointed with this film. Had plenty of promise but the actual delivery was dull, quite predictable and did not have me on the edge of my seat at all. In fact I struggled to stay up. A reasonable performance from Will Smith although not his best. The writing/plot were very average and special effects nothing new. Overall - forgettable.

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Rating: - What a disapointment!
I admit i have not read the book but i watch Omega Man about 10 years ago and again recently and thought it was brilliant, so when hearing a re-make of a re-make was on the books i was so excited that i told everyone to see this movie becuase it was going to be the bomb. When hearing Will Smith was going to play the lead Neville, i personally thought it would not work, But in this case i was wrong, he is amazing in this film, that is the only reason why i gave this 3 stars, during the film you see his state of mind change and at some points you really feel for Neville at a really sad scene.(Anyone who has seen this scene would probaly know, But im not going to ruin it for everyone). Now what RUINS this film majorly is the C.G.I, its just bad, it reminded me of the same C.G.I used in the Mummy Returns, Which was very very bad. When you first see the infected they look wicked becuase the scene is dark and it looks creepy, but when you see them in hight light conditions you can see the crustyness of the animation. Im afreaid to say another gripe is, there is one infected who is the leader but he is no different to the other infected. In Omega Man it worked having a leader, but it does not here, Just think George A.R's Land of the Dead but with rubbish C.G.I! And another dissapointment is the ending, it does not make sense when you think about it, but im not going to tell you what happens. You really struggle to find what is good about this film. Will Smith saves this film with his acting,but at the end this film is just good enough. It's a re-make you wish was never made, Read the book or watch Omega Man, for like a 70's film its Waaaay better.