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I am Legend
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, A brilliant scientist who is also a survivor knows he is immune and he carefully finds a way to end the plague.
16 January 1962
12 May 1962, Lakeland, Florida, USA
30 August 1979, Camarillo, California, USA
30 March 1962, Lansing, Michigan, USA
23 November 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 May 1974, New York City, New York, USA
26 October 2004, New York City, New York, USA
21 April 1965, San Jose, California, 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
Smith still manages to find something touching and occasionally even tragic in the character.
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 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.
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 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.
August 27, 2009
Inevitably, ideas give way to special-effects
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.
December 28, 2007
You're left gawping at $100 million-worth of eye-popping futuristic B-movie.
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.
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.
