Will Smith is superb in this intense, post-apocalyptic blockbuster

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2008)

I AM LEGEND (2007)
The Last Man On Earth Is Not Alone
Let me start by saying that 'I am Legend' is what I call a true blockbuster. A film with some heart and some thought other than action sequences and CGI displays.
In a time when man is heading towards self-destruction, this is quite an interesting film. It perhaps tells us that there are boundaries on what we can and can't do. I shall not hail this as a perplexing masterpiece, but it is no average blockbuster.
Will Smith, once again provides a solid and powerful performance; he carries out a similar task to Tom Hanks in 'Castaway', another film acted alone by a brilliant actor.
After a cure for cancer turns nasty and infects a lot of people, who become violent, uncontrollable creatures and the whole world is infected or killed by the infected, Dr. Robert Neville is left alone at 'Ground Zero'. Stuck in Manhattan, the virologist tries to find a cure to treat the infected. That is the basic story.
The first hour is wildly interesting, then the film slows down, perhaps losing the plot slightly in the middle, and then ends satisfyingly at the end.
The film has been questioned about certain of its scientific aspects, which I noticed as well: How can Robert have running water and electricity, when there are no factories or reservoirs operating for 3 years? Is it reasonable that deer, lions and tigers would inhabit Times Square three years after isolation? How come at the beginning of the film, Neville drives a sparkling, shiny, new supercar, when it has been lying there for 3 years? There are possible answers for all the above questions, but those are not the main focus points. It's a film at the end of the day and a very entertaining one as well.
7.5/10