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I Am Legend

  • 20072007
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
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Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
743K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,834
297
  • Director
    • Francis Lawrence
  • Writers
    • Mark Protosevich(screenplay)
    • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
    • Richard Matheson(novel "I Am Legend")
  • Stars
    • Will Smith
    • Alice Braga
    • Charlie Tahan
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  • Director
    • Francis Lawrence
  • Writers
    • Mark Protosevich(screenplay)
    • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
    • Richard Matheson(novel "I Am Legend")
  • Stars
    • Will Smith
    • Alice Braga
    • Charlie Tahan
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    • 1.6KUser reviews
    • 339Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 23 nominations

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    Will Smith
    Will Smith
    • Robert Nevilleas Robert Neville
    Alice Braga
    Alice Braga
    • Annaas Anna
    Charlie Tahan
    Charlie Tahan
    • Ethanas Ethan
    Salli Richardson-Whitfield
    Salli Richardson-Whitfield
    • Zoe Nevilleas Zoe Neville
    • (as Salli Richardson)
    Willow Smith
    Willow Smith
    • Marley Nevilleas Marley Neville
    Darrell Foster
    Darrell Foster
    • Mike - Military Escortas Mike - Military Escort
    April Grace
    April Grace
    • TV Personalityas TV Personality
    Dash Mihok
    Dash Mihok
    • Alpha Maleas Alpha Male
    Joanna Numata
    Joanna Numata
    • Alpha Femaleas Alpha Female
    Abbey
    • Samas Sam
    Kona
    • Samas Sam
    Samuel Glen
    • Military Driver - Jayas Military Driver - Jay
    James McCauley
    James McCauley
    • Male Evacueeas Male Evacuee
    Marin Ireland
    Marin Ireland
    • Woman Evacueeas Woman Evacuee
    Pedro Mojica
    • Sergeantas Sergeant
    Anthony C. Mazza
    • Evacuation Copas Evacuation Cop
    • (as Anthony Mazza)
    Steve Cirbus
    Steve Cirbus
    • Military Policeas Military Police
    Calista Hill
    Calista Hill
    • Little Girl Evacueeas Little Girl Evacuee
    • Director
      • Francis Lawrence
    • Writers
      • Mark Protosevich(screenplay)
      • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
      • Richard Matheson(novel "I Am Legend")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Will Smith grew so enamored of his canine co-star, Abbey, that he tried to adopt her when filming was finished, but the dog's trainer could not be persuaded to give her up.
    • Goofs
      The central spans of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge are destroyed, but the towers and side spans remain standing which is impossible. If you cut the suspension cables, the whole bridge will collapse. The towers are not strong enough to hold the cables - the weight of the side spans will pull them down.
    • Quotes

      Neville: [talking to Anna about Bob Marley] He had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate... literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives. When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, a gunman came to his house and shot him down. Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. When they asked him why - He said, "The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness."

    • Crazy credits
      The title doesn't appear on screen until several minutes into the film.
    • Alternate versions
      The ending to the Alternate Theatrical Version varies from the original ending. Instead of blowing himself and the hemocytes up with a grenade, Neville discovers that the hemocytes actually came for the female he captured earlier in the movie. He relieves her of the cure and returns her to the hemocytes. Afterwards, the hemocytes leave and let Neville, Anna, and Ethan be. The three then are seen leaving New York heading to Vermont's safe zone with Anna broadcasting a message telling all other survivors that she is with Neville and is heading to the safe zone.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Arrivals (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Three Little Birds
      Written by Bob Marley

      Performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers

      Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews1.6K

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    Top review
    6/10
    Could have been a corker, but...
    Two thirds of this film is wonderful entertainment, both in scope and story telling, and in Will Smith we have a cracking central performance that carries the film with consummate ease, sadly the final third undoes all the great promise and tension building that had gone before it.

    After a genetic engineered cancer curing virus wipes out practically all of mankind, Robert Neville {Will Smith} appears to be the sole surviving human on earth, the only company he has is the family dog and an army of virus infected mutants that can only come out in the dark. That Neville is a former scientist who is immune to the deadly strain is a bonus as it means he can work on a potential cure.

    Yes it's daft, and yes it's contrived, but there sure is a lot of good stuff to enjoy before the films major failing surfaces. Firstly is Will Smith's performance, there is no doubting he is a major star these days, but here he also cements his standing as a bona fide A lister of note. He layers the performance so well, his character not only has to deal with the heavy threat of being killed by the mutants at night, he also has to fight his own isolation, mans inherent need for companionship is a tortured thing when you appear to be the sole beneficiary of gods green earth.

    Secondly the setting of a barren desolate New York is eerily staggering, overgrown with foliage and stalked by lions searching for food, it really is a big screen must to embrace the scope of it. Thirdly the mutants themselves are scary enough, but they honestly would have been better served being played by human actors rather than the CGI used that brings very mixed results, and fourthly the tension building is pitch perfect, the makers manage to have you on the edge of your seat gasping for a solution to this cracking story unfolding, but then...

    They throw it all away by a rushed ending that had me positively seething, a quick turn of events should be a prelude to a fully fleshed out finale but instead we get a quick wham bam, oh The End. It leaves a bitter taste in the mouth on leaving the cinema and frankly the audience deserves better, and in fact so does Will Smith, did they run out of money? Well that I don't know, but what I do know is that we so nearly had a genre classic to look fondly on for years to come, shame that. 6.5/10

    Footnote: Having just watched the alternate version that is readily available on disc formats, I have to say that as weak and as frustrating as the theatrical ending is, the alternate ending is far worse, trite and totally misplaced, they chose the better ending of the two for sure.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I Am Legend: The IMAX Experience
    • Filming locations
      • USS Intrepid, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Village Roadshow Pictures
      • Weed Road Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $150,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $256,393,010
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $77,211,321
      • Dec 16, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $585,410,052
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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