Great first half, horrible second half, lousy ending

Rating: 4/10 (12 February 2008)

The first half of I am Legend is fantastic - outside some bad digital effects, we're presented with an interesting story and totally involved in the characters (Man AND Dog). Then about half way through, the "undead" turn the tables on Will Smith's character. That's fine, but what doesn't work is the fact that his character can't get back to his truck in time. C'mon, he could hop on one foot! This bit of poor writing leads to the death of the dog. In place of the dog, we get more "undead" which all like Imotep from The Mummy movie - ie they don't look realistic AT ALL. We also get two new humans, who are so underdeveloped you actually dislike them. The movie continues its downward spiral until it reaches rock bottom in the final shot with a final bit of dialogue that is laugh out loud funny. Besides all else, if you are a fan of the book, you'll hate what they've changed in the characters, and why in fact this last man is considered "Legend" (he goes from legend to the undead in the book to legend to the remaining humans in the movie - BAD choice).