Will Smith Brings a Legendary Performance in I Am Legend

On many occasions, Will Smith astounds me for his pure intellect at choosing great story lines for the movies he stars. I Am Legend has lured readers since its publication in 1954. Readers of the novel praise author Richard Matheson's ability to create characters with depth.  Legend's character Robert Neville utterly thrills the audience, not to mention the story is pretty darn good.  I Am Legend opened in movie theaters December 14, 2007 with Will Smith as Neville. The movie literally took the box office like a rocket ship.

Of course, Will Smith proved to be a great actor and helped to create a wonderful movie with director Francis Lawrence.

The story begins with military virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Smith) suffering from the loss of his wife Zoe and daughter Marley in a helicopter crash during the unruly quarantine of Manhattan. We then discover Neville is involved with rectifying the spread of K.V. (Krippen Virus), a genetically-engineered modification of the measles virus intended to cure cancer. But it mutated into a deadly strain, spreading worldwide and killing 90% of the population.

The action continues when we discover Neville is the last healthy human in the New York area. With 600 million people still living worldwide, only 12 million are naturally immune to the lethal virus.  Neville has to contend with the degenerated, hairless and aggressive beings called "Darkseekers," who hunt the immune humans as food.

Neville continues to try and solve the spreading of the lethal strain with a routine that involves experimenting on infected rats. He takes trips through a decaying New York City in order to obtain supplies from abandoned buildings or hunt for wildlife that have moved into the city. Neville's loneliness is nurtured by his German Shepherd Sam and, almost comically, associations with mannequins he organized as customers at a video store.

Neville loses Sam to an attack by a pack of dogs that carry the infection.  Overcome with loss and grief, Neville decides to attempt a suicide attack, taking as many "Darkseekers" as possible, which is a great action scene. Neville is almost killed before he is saved by a pair of immune humans, a woman named Anna and a boy named Ethan.

When Anna and Ethan join the action flick, it seems as if the story sifts and a new movie takes place. The ending is surprising but some I Am Legend DVDs offer an alternative ending featurette that is more fitting to the original Richard Matheson novel.  Either way, the movie is packed with action and enough drama to keep the viewer entertained throughout.

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Brad Parmerter has almost 20 years experience in the music and entertainment industry as a writer, programmer, and merchandiser. He has professionally interviewed and photographed such artists as: Rush, Metallica, Celine Dion, Live, Phil Collins, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Live, Van Halen, Queensryche, Anna Nalick, Styx, Def Leppard, and many more.

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