Right Title Wrong Story

Rating: 4/10 (23 December 2007)

The fact that this movie was named after the novel "I Am Legend" (prior movies were named "Last Man on Earth" and "The Omega Man"), led me to believe that this would be an even more accurate adaptation of the novel. Unfortunately, I was sorely disappointed, as this story is probably as unfaithful to the novel as "The Omega Man." While many of the effects were good, the movie went overboard with the CG on the hemocytes, which made them look like cartoons.
Overall I found this movie a big disappointment as I felt Will Smith and the movie in general just couldn't pull off the dire terror of the book or first movie "Last Man on Earth." I was most disappointed when I saw the equivalent rivalry of between Neville and Ben Cortman (Neville's best friend who taunts him after being infected) reduced to a mindless alpha male.
In the end, the first movie; Vincent Price's classic "Last Man on Earth" obviously remains the most loyal to the novel even though the title and many of the character have different names.