good acting but...

Rating: 5/10 (1 April 2008)

Good acting but that's about it. I waited until a friend of mine brought home the DVD and I wouldn't have done it any other way. I don't know anything about the I am Legend book but now I don't want to. This movie is more of a psychological thriller than an action flick. I was hoping for something along the lines of Resident Evil or maybe 28 Days Later where is much more action with the zombies and what not. I thought I'd see a lot more of that.
The cinematography was great in some scenes and there is some controversy surrounding the alternate ending on the DVD, but this is not the film to see if you want to see some zombie smack down (like in Resident Evil and 28 Days Later). The director of this movie could have done a little better in some of the scenes where it looked like Will Smith's character (Dr. Neville) was going to get killed.
One in the car after it flipped and another when he and his dog were attacked outside the building. I'm sure there are ways to show what was happening without making it look like the lead character was going to die. Also, there was a lot of jumping back and forth between scenes.
One second, it's Will and his wife, the next it's a bunch of people who are trying to escape, then back to Will all alone. There were several decent explosions and the alternate ending was good and had some narration in it to help you understand Dr. Neville's importance, but this is no academy winner. If it was anyone else other than Smith in the lead role, it would have been a waste of time, but it's still far from his best work.