Good start, but no comparison to the omega man

Rating: 3/10 (29 February 2008)

This the third film made based on the book "I Am Legend", so while its not a direct remake of "The Omega Man" it is based on a similar story.
When I sat down to watch this film, I was looking forward to this modern take on the book, I am a fan of Will Smiths work, and "The Omega Man" so to me this seemed like a perfect combination, and I had great expectations for it.
But unfortunately I was disappointed.
This is not to say Will Smith was bad, on the contrary, he played the sole survivor role very well, he played his relationship with the dog very well, and the first 30 minutes of the film were very enjoyable.
But after that, the film started to go downhill, it was not the acting but the writing and directing that failed it, it turned into a typical Hollywood remake. They destroy the story to a point where it just gets boring.
The plot, while OK, seemed to be a push towards a 'zombie' film genre, and the writing just did not make much sense, moving towards lots of action and use of pyrotechnics to make up for the lack of imagination by the writers. Unfortunately lack of imagination is common I find in remakes.
I think if you are watching a film and constantly think, 'why are they doing that?', then its not been properly though through, there should be no time for you to come up with solutions to the characters problems while sitting in a cinema.
At many points in this film you have time to think why?
I left the cinema with a feeling that it could have been so much more.
In my opinion, its worth watching on TV, but not worth adding to your DVD collection.