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I Am Legend (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007]
from Warner Home Video
starring Will Smith, Dash Mihok, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson
directed by Francis Lawrence

Features:

• Box set
• DTS Surround Sound
• PAL
• Special Edition

Editorial Review:

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 neighbours 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 pathos does nothing to take away from the visual and dramatic accomplishments of its first hour. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• A truly outstanding movie. It's a pity this special edition dvd doesn't live up to the film.
  So where do i begin?
  First things first; the movie itself is something remarkable and shows one of will smith's greatest and probably best performance he's done. From my opinion, if it weren't for him the movie would of probably been a bit rubbish.
  When i first saw the film; i must admit, i didn't think much of it but when i watched it again, i was completely blown away. The way they captured the loneliness and sadness of Robert Neville's life is just incredible. When buying the film, just... more info

• suspend your boring disbelief and just enjoy it for what it is!
  I have not written a review for quite some time and after reading and hearing some of the negative criticism about this film i felt i had to give my opinion after watching it last week. In fact i almost didn't watch it based on some of the complaints i heard, such as: "The C.G.I. monsters are awful and really fake looking", "The ending sucks", erm yeah and that's about it, I don't think I've heard an other issues with it.
  SO, first of all this is not a typical action film, the Initial scenes echo... more info

• Will Smith make's it work for me.
  When reading the original reviews in the film magazines I was given the impression that this was not a great movie on which to put my money on as the CGI was dissapointing.
  So much so that this rendered the film "NOT VERY GOOD!".
  Thankfully they were wrong and what you have here is a very moving film in parts played with full gusto by a very impressive Will Smith.
  The way that he shows us through the camera how 3 years of isolation, 3 years of hiding and hunting and 3 years of trying to find... more info

• Another overated overhyped Hollywood hash up.
  The first part of this movie seemed very promising indeed, bleak apocalyptic etc..etc..
  But as the movie came to its climax or should i say anti-climax, it just became lost, meaningless & pointless.
  It basically looked as though Hollywood wanted to make more money, made a film with a high profile actor to bring in the crowds & shazam!!! Money maker!!!
  Utter rubbish imho, which seems to be the norm these days, chuck in well known actors, CGI effects & poor story, rent before you... more info

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