I Am Legend
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- Directed by
- Francis Lawrence
- Written by
- Akiva Goldsman, Mark Protosevich, Richard Matheson
- Produced by
- James Lassiter, Michael Tadross, Bruce Berman, Neal H. Moritz, Erwin Stoff, David Heyman, Dana Goldberg, Akiva Goldsman
Why it’s HorroRated
Will Smith carries long stretches with nobody to talk to but his dog, and that loneliness hits harder than any monster. Those deserted New York streets remain the film's showpiece, while the sundown deadline turns every daytime errand into a race. Francis Lawrence stages the night attacks with real panic, so the fear never fades into spectacle. Be warned, though: what happens to this man's pup is brutal to sit through, and it's the one thing keeping the movie from a full five tapes. Dog lovers should brace themselves; everyone else gets a gripping last-man-alive thriller.
Synopsis
Richard Matheson's 1954 novel reaches the screen for a third time in I Am Legend (2007), Francis Lawrence's post-apocalyptic action horror film, following a 1964 version and The Omega Man in 1971. Will Smith stars as Robert Neville, a military scientist immune to an engineered virus, who keeps hunting for a cure in an abandoned New York City while nocturnal mutants called Darkseekers rule the night. Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich wrote the screenplay, and the production shot mainly on location in New York, including a $5 million sequence on the Brooklyn Bridge. It opened in US theaters on December 14, 2007, and earned about $585 million worldwide.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- December 14, 2007
- Runtime
- 1 hour 41 mins
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- PG-13
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Mutant attacks and gunfire
- Animal harm involving a beloved dog
- Family loss in flashbacks
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