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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391176367
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 216
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2007
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic science-fiction novel about a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by vampires. This new version somewhat alters Matheson’s central hook, i.e., the startling idea that an ordinary man, Robert Neville, spends his days roaming a desolated city and his nights in a house sealed off from longtime neighbors who have become bloodsucking fiends. In the new film, Smith’s Neville is a military scientist charged with finding a cure for a virus that turns people into crazed, hairless, flesh-eating zombies. Failing to complete his work in time--and after enduring a personal tragedy--Neville finds himself alone in Manhattan, his natural immunity to the virus keeping him alive. With an expressive German shepherd his only companion, Neville is a hunter-gatherer in sunlight, hiding from the mutants at night in his Washington Square town house and methodically conducting experiments in his ceaseless quest to conquer the disease.
The film’s first half almost suggests that I Am Legend could be one of the finest movies of 2007. Director Francis Lawrence’s extraordinary, computer-generated images of a decaying New York City reveal weeds growing through the cracks of familiar streets that are also overrun by deer and prowled by lions. It’s impossible not to be fascinated by such a realistically altered cityscape, reverting to a natural environment, through which Smith moves with a weirdly enviable freedom, offset by his wariness over whatever is lurking in the dark of bank vaults and parking garages. Lawrence and screenwriters Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman wisely build suspense by withholding images of the monsters until a peak scene of horror well into the story. It must be said, however, that the computer-enhanced creatures don’t look half as interesting as they might have had the filmmakers adhered more to Matheson’s vampire-nightmare vision. I Am Legend is ultimately noteworthy for Smith’s remarkable performance as a man so lonely he talks to mannequins in the shops he frequents. The film’s latter half goes too far in portraying Smith’s Neville as a pitiable man with a messianic mission, but this lapse into bathos does nothing to take away from the visual and dramatic accomplishments of its first hour. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - What Does it Take to Become a Legend?
I Am Legend, the novel, spawned the vampires-as-physical-phenomena genre. Vulnerabilities to religious icons were merely psychological holdovers from victims of a disease who believed they were vampires. But the thirst for blood was very real. It established the post-apocalyptic fear of contamination.
Since I Am Legend is a Will Smith vehicle, I figured it'd have some wisecracks, a lot of action, and Smith saving the day. So I was surprised to get exactly that - but not delivered ... Read More
Rating:  - Will Smith versus Act Up.
Don't waste time with this movie. Lucky I didn't pay for it. The Omega Man was much better. This one was outright stupid. Will Smith can't act, and the bald sissys terrorizing him reminds you of an Act Up revolt. Richard Matheson's plot was drowned by the special effects.
Rating:  - okay, but predictable
This wasn't a bad movie.. but it's only 'okay.' I wish I had rented it instead of buying the blue-ray. This movie is very predictable and depends largely upon the depth of Will Smith's character. I think they made a good attempt at developing a deep character, but ultimately I think the movie fell short.
I would recommend renting it instead of purchasing it.
Rating:  - i am legend
the visual quality of this movie is excellent.the blu -ray format
is superior in everyway over the standard dvd format.i feel the movie's
story line could've been better developed and a better (ending was so
abrupt)ending.But it is an entertaining movie,nevertheless.i would
recommend it.the premise was good but just needed more development
to round out the story,to make it more believeable.enjoy!
Rating: - I really AM Legend!
I missed this in the theatres, although I really wanted to see it. Lack of funds will do that. All in all, I liked it well enough to watch it more than once, but it's one that I doubt will make it into my personal collection. Will Smith does very well, and the directing is impressive too. I can suspend disbelief pretty well, but there are one or two areas where I had to shake my head and look again. I won't go into it because perhaps you'll be able to overlook what I could not. It's worth seeing ... Read More
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391176367
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 216
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2007