I Am Legend (2007)
Will Smith is a great movie star, I don’t think anyone can deny that, however it doesn’t just take a great star to carry an entire movie on their lone shoulders, it also takes a great script and all around production and unfortunately, ‘I Am legend’ is seriously lacking in the other key areas.
First off the story. It starts out fairly strong as we follow this man who has adapted to the desolation of a world ravaged by disease. We begin to understand him bit by bit until we can somewhat understand his pain. However as the story develops and we meet the zombie-like creatures that are surrounding him, it begins to fall apart and the end of the movie feels incredibly rushed and anti-climactic.
Secondly, the special effects are a mess. The zombies look like cheap video game knock offs; they are horribly constructed and just look cheap. Francis Lawrence should have watched ‘The Descent’, now there are some creepy monsters. Sometimes computer animation doesn’t pay off.
All in all, it seemed like a cool idea but in the end they just couldn’t pull off anything better than a lame-FX ridden sloppy faux epic.
Grade: B-
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