Recently I watched the movie I am Legend staring Will Smith and figured I would give a review. All in all the movie wasn't bad but there was still a few issues I had with it.
I am Legend tells us the story of a scientist who is the only survivor living alone in New York city after a virus has killed ninety percent of the worlds population. The real irony is the virus was originally created to be a cure for cancer. Of the remaining ten percent of the worlds people most are turned into flesh eating murderous monsters bent on devouring the rest of mankind. If that's not bad enough these nasty zombies transmit the killer disease through flesh to flesh contact or through the air they breath. A mere 1% of the population is immune to the deadly virus and find themselves fighting for survival against the flesh eating zombies, who strangely enough can't walk in sunlight. Will Smith play Robert Neville, a scientist who is slowly going crazy from being alone. Struggling through his days, his loyal dog at his side, Neville tries to find other survivors and also attempts to create a cure for the deadly disease.
The movie has a fair amount of action and some pretty mean looking zombies so it satisfied the science fiction / action fan in me but the story is a little recycled. It seemed that the movie was a mix between "Resident Evil" and "Castaway". One lone man by himself, stranded in a city with a dog as his only company, then the killer zombies show up.
This film also leave you with a few unanswered questions. Why can't the zombies walk in sunlight? How does a supposed cure for cancer turn humans into incredible fast and strong zombie like creatures? And how smart are the zombies? They don't talk and seem to think on a level similar to a predatory animal but they are able to come up with a cleaver trap to capture our hero.
Will Smith does a good job keeping the audience entertained and the effects and computer graphics are very well done but all in all the story line could have been a little more unique.
