Do you consider yourself an intellectual? If so, switch off your brain for the duration of 'I Am Legend'.

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2007)

The film starts off as something quite remarkable - deserted Manhattan in 'I Am Legend' somewhat resembles the desolate London in 28 Days Later, but the full impact of the apocalyptic turn of events on the life of the main character is developed far better in 'I Am Legend'. In fact, the portrayal of the trauma against the background of an apocalypse is probably the only reason to see the film.
About 30 minutes in, is when the story goes terribly awry and turns from plausible to utterly implausible. Consider the following: 1) Have you ever heard of a virus which actually makes the human body more able? How about 3 time more able and hard as steel? 2) If our ordinary bodily functions would work at 300% of their usual rate, would you not expect a proportionate rise in the need for nutrition? According to 'I Am Legend', 99% of the POPULATION of NEW YORK fed on the remaining 1% and survived for 36 months! That's like 99 people feeding on 1 person for 36 months! Even the wildlife in the film would not be enough to feed a block of people for that long, let alone feeding a city full of hungry zombies. Now, add the 300% rise in your ordinary demand for nutrition. 3) Oh, and by the way, the viral processes are reversible overnight. WHOOPTY DOO! Lets' pick up the pace a bit: 4) Any high-school physics student will tell you that UV rays do not go through glass. Consider how the writers of the story are totally ignorant of this fact. 5) Are those of your organs which are vital to your survival located somewhere in your skin? Why then, do these zombies get instantly killed by UV light when UV rays never penetrate beyond the skin (you don't exactly get a sunburn on your kidneys when you stay out in the sun for too long, do you now)? 6) Do you know that moonlight also consists of UV rays? 7) And so on..
To speak frankly, I was hurt by the way 'I Am Legend' raised my expectations to a new high in the first 30 minutes and then ridiculed me until the very end for having expected something reasonable. This is yet another mindless film concerning zombies, only this time it takes half an hour to come out with it.