Robert Neville (Will Smith) is the last man on Earth and lives in a monstrous house complete with a basement laboratory punctuated with Apple Macs - cinema display, Mac Pro, Macbook Pro - somewhere in Washington Square Park in New York. And perhaps the last dog on Earth is his dog - Samantha (Sam). Sam is notorious for not obeying Robert at all and does what she likes, eats what she wishes.
Robert has been surviving for 3 years alone except for the human-monsters who come out at night. He stocks up on can foods, secure his home with iron walls, works out regularly, and listens to Bob Marley. He even trolls out in the city everyday and broadcast his message on AM frequency radio seeking if anyone else is alive.
Robert, a 50+ Army doctor who is immune to the devastation, still works in his lab to find a cure to bring back the “Dark Seekers” to more human form and behavior.
If you’re a fan of Will Smith, this movie is the right one for you. I am Legend is all of Will Smith and the eerily depopulated silence that surrounds him. The movie is set in the year 2012, after a mutated virus destroyed all of mankind starting its infection in 2009.
Will Smith’s 7 year old daughter Willow Smith made her debut in this movie. She plays Robert’s daughter Marley Neville in the movie. Marley - after the singer Bob Marley.
The movie is based on the 1954 novel I am Legend by Richard Matheson and has been made twice - The Last Man on Earth (1964) and The Omega Man (1971).
I would say that the movie rested on Will Smith’s shoulder and he carried it so well, it was just magic. The special effects, the sets of New York City, is fantabulous. And yes, it has a smooth ending which caters to a morality tale that we like to live with.
I am Legend ranks as the best December opening of all time, beating the $72.6 million start for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in 2003. The film also earned $20 million from eight Asian markets, opening at No. 1 in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and India, and at No. 2 in Hong Kong.
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