I Am Legend

You wouldn't think that a movie involving crazed sub-human vampire cannibal monsters could be drab, but I Am Legend has managed to succeed against all odds at being just that. There is no problem with the acting, Will Smith has been around for long enough now to do it well, but the general pacing of the movie left me wanting more. And the ending was a cop-out. You can pass the tedium though by playing 'Spot the Product Placement', it doesn't quite surpass Transformers 2007 but bless it, it really does try.

Without spoiling things, there is a point about 70mins (give or take) into the film in which they really should have added an extra 20 minutes of despair just to really show how bad things had gotten for him, either that or cut about 20 minutes of pointless babbling from earlier in the movie and stick it into the part I am referring to.

I also thought that the cannibal vampires deserved more screen time, if only to elaborate on the developing culture of the Infected that was only hinted upon by the male mutant recognizing Will Smith's character as the fellow who had captured his mate. The whole point of 'I Am Legend' was supposed to be that in the end Robert Neville was the monster who was killing the 'Still Alive/Infected' while they slept during the day, he is a monster of legend to them as vampires were to man.

Rating: D