The last man on earth is not alone. Will Smith portrays that lone survivor in I Am Legend, the action epic fusing heart pounding excitement with a mind blowing vision of a desolated Manhattan. Some how immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Robert Neville (Smith) is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.
Directed by
Francis Lawrence
Written by
Mark Protosevich (screenplay); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Richard Matheson (novel "I Am Legend"); John William Corrington (1971 screenplay); Joyce Hooper Corrington (1971 screenplay) (as Joyce Corrington).
Starring
Will Smith (Robert Neville); Alice Braga (Anna); Charlie Tahan (Ethan); Salli Richardson (Zoe); Willow Smith (Marley); Darrell Foster (Mike - Military Escort); April Grace (TV Personality); Dash Mihok (Alpha Male); Joanna Numata (Alpha Female); Abby (Sam (as Abbey)); Kona (Sam); Samuel Glen (Military Driver - Jay); James Michael McCauley (Male Evacuee (as James McCauley)); Marin Ireland (Woman Evacuee); Pedro Mojica (Sergeant). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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I Am Catholic
Mark Banks (United Kingdom)
Opinion: Limited Recommendation
I'd like to re-make this film and call it "I Am Catholic", and instead of the hero running around defeating the rabbified baddies with guns and grenades I'd have him with a rosary in his left hand and holy water in his right hand... getting down to pray on his knees when it comes to the crunch. I'm not sure Hollywood would buy it, but it would make a refreshing break from the likes of I Am Legend, which is mostly a formulaic semi-horror thriller. There were empty street shots a la 28 Days Later, Demonic human figures a la Lord of The Rings, a hiding in the lab scene plus an upside down SUV scene a la Jurassic Park and even talking to mannequins a la Lars and The Real Girl, though in a different context, so I'll let it off that one. Generally I thought the film was okay though: there was a lot less intense crashing and banging than in many of the thrillers of recent years, few if any sexual references and bad language, and a few acknowledgements to God in there as well; though I'm not sure the ending is quite in-keeping with Christian doctrine. I also liked the acknowledgement of how bad things could potentially get once we start tampering with medicine and science on a mass scale. All-in-all one to keep older teenage boys occupied for an hour and a half but beyond that audience I'm not sure it would appeal to many other people.