Post apocalyptic cliché-fest

Rating: 1/10 (1 January 2011)

This should normally be one of my favourite types of film.
Mild spoilers follow.
The empty New York should be an amazing opener but is ruined by crappy CGI, a bad car chase and blatant Ford product placement.
It is a crying shame as the non-CGI stuff later in the film is proper eerie, though never as good as the empty London in the comparable, but much better, 28 days later.
The problem is entirely the fault of the evil English Dr Krippen. Oh dear, oh dear... What happened to the mosquitoes in the book I wonder? We are told that Will Smith's character can't get infected but that his dog (the only other character) can. No surprise then what happens in the next scene.
There is no satisfactory explanation of why he should go off on one with the Darkseekers on the pier.
Whatever was that weird part about Bob Marley for? Did Will Smitth insist on adding this? Everybody knows who Bob Marley is. But to have heard of Damian and not Bob is just bizarre. The quote about the need not to take a day off is kind of relevant, in a cheesy way, but basically, the rest is pants.
Recommendation: Get the other versions Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth instead.