Good movie, but man I was depressed afterwords.

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2008)

Yes, this movie has a bit of "the Omega Man" and "The last man on Earth" in it, but for the most part it is its own movie. It starts out with the world in ruins, well New York in ruins and you are introduced to Robert Neville who may be the last man on earth. You are also introduced to Sam his faithful German Shepard, which struck a chord with me as I used to own one of those myself and love that particular breed. You get to see how he spends a typical day in his life and you also are introduced to those things that lurk in the darkness and only come out at night. However, at this stage those that come out at night seem to be targeting our hero. So we have some good chase scenes, and some good action, but you also have a couple of scenes that are really depressing especially if you like dogs. Our hero is not alone for the entire picture, however, as he comes across a lady and her son, well they kind of come across him. There are also flashbacks detailing the beginning of the end of civilization. The creatures are different than those in Omega Man and Last Man too as they are more like that infected from 28 days later though they do share the pale traits of the omega ones. All in all a good movie that left me depressed.